BRUSSELS – The European Union is ready to offer Turkey new incentives to better tackle the Syria refugee crisis, including money, the easing of visa restrictions and better intelligence sharing.…
says it is focusing on serious public safety, security threats
PORTLAND, Ore. – The mother of a gunman who killed nine people and himself at an Oregon community college allowed her troubled son to have guns and acknowledged in online…
Minnesota leading effort to educate businesses
STOCKHOLM – The Nobel prize in medicine went Monday to three scientists hailed as “heroes in the truest sense of the word” for saving millions of lives with the creation…
overflowing, some communities entirely cut off and lack drinking water
The inspector general’s office for the Homeland Security Department is reopening an investigation of the Secret Service after Secret Service Director Joseph Clancy last week changed his story about when…
The owners of the missing cargo ship El Faro Monday defended the company’s decision to have the ship leave port last week as Hurricane Joaquin was gaining strength near the…
The Supreme Court began a new term Monday. Cases involving abortion, religious objections to birth control and race in college admissions await the justices.Associated Press file photo In their first…
Cardinal Donald Wuerl, archbishop of Washington, shakes hands with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas as they leave the church after the Red Mass at St. Mathews Cathedral in Washington…
line may not have been properly detached after stove removal in Brooklyn, authorities say
MADRID – U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Sunday promised a full and transparent investigation into whether a U.S. aircraft providing support for American and Afghan commandos was responsible for…
Republican says he can bring change, bridge party divide
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at an event Saturday in Franklin, Tenn.Mark Zaleski/Associated Press Trump said in a rally in suburban Nashville that he has a handgun carry permit…
Gunman Christopher Sean Harper Mercer later killed himself as officers arrived, Douglas County Sheriff John Hanlin said Saturday. The grandmother, Janet Willis, said her granddaughter Anastasia Boylan was wounded in…
Effects of Joaquin are being felt even as it moves away from U.S.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton gestures as she speaks to the Human Rights Campaign in Washington on Saturday.Jose Luis Magana/Associated Press People drummed out of the armed services in…
SALT LAKE CITY – The Mormon church has chosen three new members for a top governing body that sets policy and runs the faith’s business ventures – all from Utah.…
Unclear who attacked center for Doctors Without Borders
French President Francois Hollande is encouraging world leaders to arrive early for this December’s climate change summit to try to forestall any last-minute, rancorous bargaining by head of states. France…
Lili is a mixed-breed dog adopted by Dr. Pamela Fisher at the Summit County Animal Control in Akron, Ohio. Fisher found Lili while installing one of her MP3 players at…
Many people in Douglas County, Oregon, where a gunman killed nine people at a community college on Thursday, say the fatal shooting incident hasn’t changed their views on people’s rights…
Presidential candidates offering wide range of reform options
