October 9, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Imagine a courtroom where the attorneys are just learning to shave, the jurors have braces and they all have math and geography homework to do when court isn’t in session. …

October 9, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Don’t cry for the Endangered Species Act. Even if the politically tattered savior of bald eagles and grizzly bears is dumped, it will mean much less to the Western landscape …

October 9, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 The pope prays during Sunday’s Mass. Photo by Associated Press

October 9, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Second of two parts George Nethercutt is an ally of House Speaker Newt Gingrich on an issue that’s angering voters and splitting the Republican party: weakening the nation’s environmental laws. …

October 9, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 One of Rep. George Nethercutt’s financial backers has had a major run-in with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. In 1992, the EPA socked Othello millionaire Pete Taggares with citations for …

October 9, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 1. John “Frog” Menard, right, talks about his brand of backwoods justice. Photo by Associated Press 2. Officers used to follow Woody Eaves, 76, in a surveillance plane. “I was …

October 9, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A2 Sunday’s winning “Triple Choice” lottery numbers are: 037. Sunday’s winning Washington Keno numbers: 6-12-16-17- 22-26-27-34-43-51-53-55-56-57-59-60-63-74-77-79. Saturday’s winning “Triple Choice” lottery numbers are: 382.

October 9, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 O.J. Simpson and Paula Barbieri in 1993. Photo by Associated Press

October 9, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 A B-2 Stealth bomber lands at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri. Photo by Associated Press

October 9, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 A hotel housekeeper committed suicide Sunday by jumping out a 29th-floor window, nearly hitting three people one block from Pope John Paul II’s parade route. The woman jumped hours before …

October 9, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 Thieves used a blowtorch to break into two safes at a jewelry store, snatching $1 million in gold and diamonds. The robbery at the Dan Peligrad jewelry store in Manhattan’s …

October 9, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 Court workers braced for crowds of reporters and spectators for Monday’s opening of the trial of a woman accused of killing Selena. “What I’m hearing from the Spanish media is …

October 9, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 The head of the Tacoma, Wash., school district was freed from his contract Sunday to become chancellor of the cash-strapped New York City schools. The Tacoma School Board, which earlier …

October 9, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 Christopher Keene, general director of the New York City Opera since 1989, died Sunday at 48. He died at New York Hospital of complications from lymphoma arising from AIDS, opera …

October 9, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 The Coors Brewing Co. is run by a family that has helped fund a conservative backlash against gay rights, but has become one of the first companies in the country …

October 9, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 Police briefly thought they’d nabbed the Unabomber, then found it was a false lead - authorities said Sunday that the man arrested on weapons and traffic violations has no ties …

October 9, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A5 The Duchess of York may be getting back together with Prince Andrew, but her mother-in-law won’t have her performing royal duties, a newspaper reported Sunday. “The duchess will be told …

October 9, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A5 More than 10,000 people opposed to French nuclear tests marched through central Madrid on Sunday, the day before French President Jacques Chirac arrives for a visit. Organizers called on Spanish …

October 9, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A5 A Cabinet minister has apologized for a poking fun at Pope John Paul II and Roman Catholic Prime Minister Jim Bolger during a radio talk show. New Zealand’s Catholic Church, …

October 9, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A5 A surge of seismic activity off the shores of a hot springs resort south of Tokyo appears to be subsiding, weather officials said today. More than 8,700 tremors, most of …

October 9, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A5 A man killed his wife after she refused to let him take a second wife, the state-run media reported Sunday. Islamic law allows men to have up to four wives …

October 9, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A6 Trucks carted the white-shrouded bodies of earthquake victims through a torrential rain Sunday to the edge of town where soldiers labored to dig enough graves. The work was slow the …

October 9, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A6 A government lawmaker has defected to the opposition just days before the embattled Conservative Party begins its annual conference in the worst shape since dumping Margaret Thatcher five years ago. …