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WASHINGTON – A senior State Department official said Thursday Venezuela’s leftist government is “increasingly out of step with the world,” citing the country’s support for Iraqi insurgents and its close ties with Cuba, Iran, North Korea and other “radical rogue regimes.” Frank Urbancic, the No. 2 official in the department’s …

ASHTON, Idaho – When 100 farm-raised elk fled his private hunting reserve through a bear-dug hole under the fence, owner Rex Rammell — a man with a long history of locking antlers with the state — didn’t realize he’d wind up in the governor’s crosshairs. But a month later, about …

BUDAPEST, Hungary – Hungary’s main opposition party on Thursday postponed a weekend political rally amid fears of further street violence, saying state security officials had warned that the gathering could be hit by bomb attacks. Laszlo Koever, an official of the opposition Fidesz party, said the rally planned for Saturday …