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The Latest: Lawmakers punt on remaining budget bills
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The Latest on action at the California Legislature (all times local): 1:40…
Louisiana 1st state in Deep South to expand Medicaid
BATON ROUGE, La. – Louisiana is becoming the first state in the Republican-dominated Deep South…
Ryan: House to vote on barring guns for suspected terrorists
WASHINGTON – With Democrats applying election-year pressure to act on gun control, Republican Speaker Paul…
A look at the planned strike against Trump Taj Mahal casino
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – Atlantic City’s main casino workers union has called a strike for…
Australian opposition leader weathers high and low in polls
CANBERRA, Australia – Bill Shorten has bounced between highs and lows in opinion polling in…
P.E.I. nightmare: ‘They have done a great job of destroying this family’
CHARLOTTETOWN – When the P.E.I. businessman arrived at the group home in Charlottetown to pick…
Obama urges Congress to pass Zika prevention bill
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama says a vaccine for the Zika virus could be developed…
Italy crackdown on Chinese community gets violent
ROME – Italian authorities are cracking down on the increasingly powerful Chinese community in Tuscany,…
DJ Mustard on the beat, and all over the pop charts
ATLANTA – DJ Mustard is living the dream: He’s produced a number of pop hits…
Correction: Coal Jobs vs Air Pollution story
OAKLAND, Calif. – In a story June 28 about a proposed coal ban in Oakland,…
Strike at Taj Mahal casino raises questions about its future
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – A strike against Atlantic City’s most vulnerable casino on the biggest…
LGBT rights groups win as US judge blocks Mississippi law
JACKSON, Miss. – Supporters of the LGBT rights movement won the latest round against conservatives…
The Latest: No judges sought recusal from doing gay weddings
JACKSON, Miss. – The Latest on Mississippi’s religious objections bill (all times local): 5:50 p.m.…
Australian leadership in doubt as election too close to call
CANBERRA, Australia – Australians awoke Sunday to a government plagued in uncertainty after a stunningly…
PM pays tribute to Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel who died Saturday
Many Canadians were mourning the death of Nobel Peace Prize winner, Holocaust survivor, and author…
Guam governor vetoes higher smoking age
HAGATNA, Guam – People can still buy tobacco in Guam at 18 after the U.S.…
UN health agency confirms 3 Zika cases in Guinea Bissau
GENEVA – The U.N. health agency says it and national authorities are investigating whether three…
4 Palestinian youths wounded in clash with Israeli troops
RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territory – Four Palestinian youths were wounded in clashes early Monday with Israeli…
Release conditions upheld for Egyptian man branded a security threat
TORONTO – An Egyptian man long branded as a threat to Canada’s national security has…
South American airline issues alert on former Gitmo detainee
RIO DE JANEIRO – A South American airline is asking its employees to be on…
Federal officials wrestling with gender-neutral ID issues for more than a year
OTTAWA – The federal Liberals could easily drop any mention of sex or gender from…
Canada joins mission that aims to uncover mysteries of the deep ocean
HALIFAX – Canada is joining a new mission to research Earth’s most unexplored frontier: the…
Bloody attacks with suspected IS links mark end of Ramadan
BAGHDAD – The government minister largely responsible for security in Baghdad submitted his resignation Tuesday,…
The Latest: Mom charged in kids’ deaths taken to institute
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The Latest on the case of a mother charged with stabbing her…