Nation & World
Critics seek to close torture loophole
Military still allows sleep deprivation techniques
World Briefs
LONDON – A cache of leaked documents containing the names of recruits into the Islamic State group includes references to several of the men who carried out the November attacks…
Maybe it’s time for a change
state lawmakers want to end ‘spring forward, fall back’ cycle
NATION BRIEFS
Nancy Reagan’s casket is carried into the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library for her funeral Friday. She was buried next to her husband, President Ronald Reagan, at the library in Simi…
Seoul: Number of North Korean cyberattacks doubled in month
A U.S. Army soldier sits on an armored vehicle during an annual exercise in Yeoncheon, near the border with North Korea. South Korean officials say the North has increased the…
Republican presidential candidates clash over party unity
Former Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson, left, urged the Republican Party to unite behind presidential candidate Donald Trump or risk fracturing “the party in an irreparable way.” Carson endorsed Trump…
Trump, GOP rivals fight on – but politely – in late debate
Republican presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., makes a point during Thursday’s Republican presidential debate in Miami while rival Donald Trump looks on.Wilfredo Lee/Associated Press Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio…
EU struggles to control borders
European countries hope to shut down illegal refugee routes
Nation Briefs
LAS VEGAS – Jailed Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy refused Thursday to acknowledge federal authority and declined to enter a plea to federal charges that he led an armed standoff against…
World Briefs
WARSAW, Poland – Poland will challenge the findings of an international human rights commission which is expected to deliver a scathing assessment of democratic backsliding in the European Union’s largest…
Obama, Trudeau show like-minded values in White House visit
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters Thursday “there is no relationship in the entire world like the Canada-U.S. relationship.” He was welcomed to the United States Thursday by President…
Military to check for water contamination at 664 sites
Area residents gather around an aerial photograph of Fentress Naval Auxiliary Landing Field during a meeting at a school in Chesapeake, Va. The military is beginning to check whether chemicals…
Nation & World Briefs
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. – Three days of formal mourning for former first lady Nancy Reagan began Wednesday as her casket was taken in a police-escorted motorcade up an empty freeway…
U.S. special forces kill 10 Islamic extremists in Somalia
Al-Shabab fighters sit on a truck as they patrol in Mogadishu, Somalia. U.S. special operations forces launched a raid on a Somalia town Wednesday night and killed 10 militants in…
Senate committee votes to approve new education secretary
The Senate will vote on approving acting Education Secretary Dr. John King Jr. to take over the department after the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee approved his nomination…
Pedestrian fatalities jump in ’15, data show
Police and emergency crews respond to the scene after a woman drove her car into a crowd of tourists outside the Planet Hollywood and Paris casino-hotels on the Strip in…
American killed in Israel
An American tourist was killed in Jaffa, Israel, Tuesday in one of several stabbing and shooting attacks launched by Palestinians throughout the country. Two police officers were wounded by a…
FBI agents investigated over shots fired during standoff
The U.S. Justice Department is investigating FBI agents’ actions during a confrontation in January that ended with rancher Robert “LaVoy” Finicum, center, being killed by police near Burns, Ore. Finicum…
Womb transplant recipient grateful for chance at pregnancy
Lindsey and her husband Blake stand with Cleveland Clinic medical staff as they announce she was the nation’s first uterus transplant patient on Monday in Cleveland. Standing with the couple,…
In drills, U.S., South Korea practice striking North’s nuclear plants
South Korean army soldiers stand on their K-55 self-propelled howitzers during an annual exercise in Paju, near the border with North Korea, on Monday. North Korea issued its latest belligerent…