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Jeb Bush sees similarities in his foreign policy and his dad’s

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CORALVILLE, Iowa (AP) — Jeb Bush believes he’s got the best prescription for American foreign policy, from his strategies for deterring North Korea’s nuclear ambitions, to destroying the Islamic State.

No news is good news — On Carter’s first Asia trip as Pentagon chief, calm prevails

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HONOLULU (AP)—No news is good news. That might have been the bumper sticker for Ash Carter’s first tour of Asia as secretary of defense. It was mostly quiet on the […]

COMMENTARY: Diversity — Branching out

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By Warisha Soomro Tesla STEM High School I hail from a region where an individual’s world is centered on the people they associate with daily and the screen that keeps […]

Horror in Japan as video purports to show hostage beheaded

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By Elain Kurtenbach and Karin Laub Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Appalled and saddened by news of journalist Kenji Goto’s purported beheading by Islamic State extremists, Japan ordered heightened security […]

Abe ‘speechless’ after video claims IS hostage dead

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TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s prime minister said Sunday he was “speechless’’ after an online video purported to show one of two Japanese hostages of the extremist Islamic State group had […]

Key US military command’s Twitter, YouTube sites hacked

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By Lolita C. Baldor Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP)  — Hackers claiming to work on behalf of Islamic State militants seized control of the Twitter and YouTube sites of the military’s […]

Defending champion Japan, Iraq open with Asian Cup wins

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By John Pye AP Sports Writer BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Keisuke Honda and Shinji Kagawa helped engineer

Rebuilding trust between law enforcement and the community

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By Minal Singh Northwest Asian Weekly In light of current debates surrounding the Ferguson trial and Obama’s recent address on immigration, local Seattle officials and government leaders understand the need […]

Shinseki had support of many vet groups until end

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By Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – He’s one of them — a disabled veteran who lost part of his right foot to a mine in Vietnam, a soldier who riled […]