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The Boy Scouts of America voted to allow openly gay youths as members, while continuing its policy of excluding openly gay adult leaders.    

Three people were injured after the failure of an Interstate 5 bridge north of Seattle dumped vehicles into the Skagit River, the authorities said.    

The Rangers nudged the Boston Bruins on a nifty goal by Chris Kreider at 7 minutes 3 seconds of overtime — but only after rebounding from holes of 2-0 and 3-2.    

The failure of an Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River north of Seattle dumped vehicles and people into the water, the Washington State Patrol said.    

Kelly Davies Currin, whose former swimming coach Rick Curl was sentenced to prison Thursday for child sex abuse, sought the resignation of national leaders of the sport.    

Members of the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces met in Istanbul to elect a new leader and prepare for an expected international conference in Geneva.    

Stocks regained ground in New York after global investors were rattled by signs of a slowdown in Chinese manufacturing and a potential easing of central bank support for the economy.    

A recent surge in fighting in Darfur has led to an unnerving increase in civilian upheaval, displacing nearly 300,000 people, according to the United Nations.    

In a widely anticipated speech, President Obama on Thursday said he would impose new curbs on the use of drone strikes, and he sought to renew his effort to close the prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.    

The attacks on a military base and a uranium mine were the first in Niger, which has taken a leading role against jihadism in West Africa.    

Filling a long-vacant seat on an important appeals court passes for progress in a legislative body where partisan wrangling continues to hold up many important posts.    

Two months after a battle over gun laws, manufacturers are weighing their options, including moving from a state long thought of as a cradle of the American gun industry.    

As large companies fight for a cut in the official corporate tax rate, small businesses fear they will pay for it.    

The North Korean envoy, Vice Marshal Choe Ryong-hae, said the North would “accept the proposal” by China, its biggest benefactor which it has strained relations with.    

Lois Lerner, the head of the tax division on exempt organizations, was put on administrative leave a day after she invoked the Fifth Amendment before a House committee.    

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo was kidding when he said that should Anthony D. Weiner be elected New York mayor, “Shame on us,” the governor’s office said the next day.    

One outstanding question is how transparent the Obama administration will be about drone strikes in the future.    

Prime Minister David Cameron is trying to mend the damage as the right wing of his Conservative Party views him as too liberal, too metropolitan, too out of touch.    

SakaMai, on the Lower East Side, does not commit to one genre of Japanese cuisine or mode of dining.    

Antonia Lee Candelaria, a 9-year-old victim, is buried two days before her best friend.