Asylum Applications Up Across the Nordics
GENEVA (AP) — The latest developments in the hundreds of thousands of refugees and other migrants passing through Europe on their way west. All times…
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Three Share Nobel Medicine Prize for Tropical Disease Drugs
STOCKHOLM (AP) — The Nobel prize in medicine went Monday to three scientists hailed as “heroes in the truest sense of the word” for saving…
House Republicans Vote for New House Speaker Only
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker John Boehner (BAY’nuhr) has scheduled the House election to replace him for Oct. 29 and delayed votes for lower-level posts…
The Right to Die in California
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California will become the fifth state to allow terminally ill patients to legally end their lives using doctor-prescribed drugs after Gov….
Some Students and Staff Return to Oregon Campus After Shooting
ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) — Some faculty, staff and students embraced or brought flowers to a makeshift memorial Monday as they returned to an Oregon community…
Gunman opens fire at Oregon college; at least 9 killed
ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) — A gunman opened fire inside a classroom at a rural Oregon community college Thursday, killing at least nine people before dying…
Officer killed in South Carolina mall shooting
FOREST ACRES, S.C. (AP) — A police officer responding to a report of a suspicious person was fatally shot at a suburban South Carolina mall…
S. Dakota high school principal shot, wounded; students safe
HARRISBURG, S.D. (AP) — The principal of a South Dakota high school was shot and lightly wounded Wednesday in a shooting at the school, but…
Body of 18-year-old missing for 7 years found in chimney
WOODLAND PARK, Colo. (AP) — The remains of 18-year-old man reported missing seven years ago were found in the chimney of an abandoned cabin less…
Woman burned as a baby tracks down nurse who cared for her
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A woman who suffered severe burns as an infant is finally getting a chance to thank the hospital nurse who cared…
