TOKYO (AP) - Japan's prime minister met for the first time with leaders of weekly anti-nuclear protests Wednesday but rejected their demand that two recently restarted nuclear plants should be shut again.
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KIRYAT MALACHI, Israel (AP) - When Israeli archaeologist Yoram Haimi decided to investigate his family's unknown Holocaust history, he turned to the skill he knew best: He began to dig. After learning...
BEIRUT (AP) - A Syrian government official warned the United States on Tuesday that military intervention in Syria could lead to regional turmoil as regime forces bombed a northern village and stormed...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The University of New Orleans is being granted membership to the Southland Conference, marking another major step for an athletics program that has struggled to stay afloat since Hurricane...
JERUSALEM (AP) - Doctors in Israel are beginning to believe in the power of clowning around. Over the last few years, Israeli clowns have been popping into hospital operating rooms and intensive care units...
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that Texas can cut off funding for Planned Parenthood clinics that provide health services to low-income women before a trial over a new law that...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - Argentina is rethinking what it means to be a citizen, proposing radical changes that would have both 16-year-olds and foreigners to determine who should run the country....
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Rep. Todd Akin fought to salvage his Senate campaign Monday, even as members of his own party turned against him and a key source of campaign funding was cut off in outrage over the Missouri...
WALKER (AP) - Livingston Parish has contacted state and federal aviation authorities about building an airport. "A general aviation airport is deemed highly feasible from the parish perspective," according...
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) - Mali's interim leaders announced a new government late Monday, months after a military coup unleashed political chaos that allowed an Islamist takeover of the north and forced nearly...
ALEXANDRIA - Officials say a highly contagious bacterial infection called Columnaris disease killed 600 fish at the Alexandria Zoo. The Town Talk reports the spread of the disease likely was caused by...
MANTON, Calif. (AP) - A huge wildfire sparked by lightning in Northern California burned three small towns on Monday, threatening thousands of homes as fearful residents sought safety miles away at an...
