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KABUL, Afghanistan – U.S. and Afghan soldiers killed five militants during a large-scale operation targeting Taliban and Al Qaeda fighters in a volatile eastern region near Pakistan, the U.S. military said Tuesday. The renewed violence in Kunar province came as Afghanistan urged neighboring Pakistan to do more to curb militancy …

STEVENSON, Wash. – Authorities say the body of a missing 24-year-old Portland woman has been found. Katherine Huether’s had been missing since March 4 when she went hiking near Bonneville Dam in Washington’s Skamania County. Undersheriff Dave Cox says her body was found Saturday in the Columbia River Gorge by …

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Billy Joel got a standing ovation from nearly 5,000 Syracuse University graduates Sunday after he serenaded them and urged them to do what they love in life. “Don’t do it for security or status, prestige, money, or, for crying out loud, don’t do it for somebody else,” …