August 16, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Robert Lloyd of Rathdrum tells legislators about congestion on Highway 41. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review

August 16, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 A nine-year legal battle between a Gypsy family and Spokane County appears to have ended with a closed-door agreement between the City Council and county commissioners. Under the proposal - …

August 16, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 1. Randy Weaver’s standoff cost him his wife and son. File/The Spokesman-Review 2. Sara Weaver, left, her sister Rachel and her uncle, Keith Brown, leave the federal building in Bosie …

August 16, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 1. Too young to die. Three youths leave the funeral Tuesday for Kendra Grantham, one of two teenagers killed in a Hillyard shooting last week. Photo by Kristy MacDonald/The Spokesman-Review …

August 16, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 1. Lance Ito, Simpson judge 2. Margaret York

August 16, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A2 Tuesday’s winning “Triple Choice” lottery numbers: 270. Tuesday’s winning Washington Keno numbers: 8-10-12-13-16-18-21-36-40-41-42-47-48-53-56-66-71-72-75-80.

August 16, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 An Indian security officer looks over the remains of a hotel destroyed by a bomb in Jammu, India, Tuesday as India celebrated 48 years of independance. Ten people were injured, …

August 16, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 President Clinton receives a Stetson cowboy hat and other gifts from Jackson, Wyo., Mayor Abi Garaman and his wife, Nita, Tuesday at the airport in Grand Teton National Park. The …

August 16, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 As the lives of four Western hostages held by Islamic guerrillas dangled in the balance, Kashmiri Muslims on Tuesday demonstrated their massive opposition to Indian rule, shutting down the state’s …

August 16, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A6 Beachgoers wade in rough surf at the Indian River beach in Delaware, Tuesdat. The turbulent seas are the result of approaching Hurricane Felix. Photo by Associated Press

August 16, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A6 Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols pleaded innocent Tuesday to committing the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil, and their lawyers complained again that they cannot get a fair trial across …

August 16, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A6 Sen. Bob Packwood said Tuesday he should not be expelled from the Senate even if the ethics committee finds him guilty of all the allegations of sexual and official misconduct …

August 16, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A8 After years of conflicting results, the largest study of its kind found that elderly patients’ levels of “good” cholesterol can be an important indicator of their risk of dying of …

August 16, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A8 The number of people killed by fires in the United States dropped in 1994 to the lowest level in at least 81 years, a fire-safety group reported. The National Fire …

August 16, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A8 Women under 50 gain little breast cancer survival benefit from mammography, according to a new analysis of screening trials. Some experts still insist testing of younger women saves lives. The …

August 16, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A8 Anxious for quick information, callers to an eastern Ohio poison control line instead got this message this month: “The services of the Mahoning Valley Poison Center are no longer available. …

August 16, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A9 Guerrilla activity is increasing around Colombia’s capital of Bogota, and the State Department warned that a group called the National Liberation Army may be planning to kidnap foreigners this year. …

August 16, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A9 As America’s teachers get ready to go back to school, some are not prepared to help students step into the information age, a survey suggests. Teachers listed lack of time, …

August 16, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A9 The former defense minister and director of President Ernesto Samper’s campaign was arrested Tuesday for interrogation as Colombia’s biggest drug scandal reached ever closer to Samper himself. Fernando Botero, who …

August 16, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A9 More than 3,000 American servicemen began arriving Tuesday for military exercises, and the United States renewed a pledge to defend Jordan if it’s threatened by Iraq for harboring Iraqi defectors. …

August 16, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A10 As Los Angeles Police Department officials quietly scoured records on Tuesday for evidence of any truth in former Detective Mark Fuhrman’s inflammatory anecdotes tape-recorded by a screenwriter, the head of …

August 16, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A11 One of Italy’s most wanted organized crime suspects was captured in Poland on Tuesday, 11 years after he escaped out a hospital window using a rope of sheets, Italian news …

August 16, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A11 Police have arrested a nephew of U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali on suspicion of selling LSD, a crime punishable by death under Egyptian law. Karim Raouf Boutros-Ghali, 17, was picked up …