Nation & World
Drought gives new meaning to wildlife
California dry spell may exacerbate wildlife-human encounters
World Briefs
KABUL, Afghanistan – A suicide car bomber attacked a NATO convoy traveling through a crowded neighborhood in Afghanistan’s capital Saturday, killing at least 12 people, including three American civilian contractors…
Nation Briefs
WASHINGTON – Vice President Joe Biden left the seclusion of the Delaware home where he’s been weighing a presidential run to meet Saturday with Elizabeth Warren – another influential Democrat…
Rival Koreas’ high-level meeting adjourned
South Korean army soldiers Saturday adjust a barricade set up on Unification Bridge, which leads to the demilitarized zone, near the border village of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea. North…
7 dead after jet crashes in U.K. airshow
The Hawker Hunter fighter jet, which was participating in the Shoreham Airshow near Brighton in southern England, hit several vehicles on a nearby road as it crashed Saturday afternoon. Witnesses…
Man faces obscenity charge after O’Donnell’s daughter found
Sheerer Steven Sheerer faces charges of child endangerment and distribution of obscenity to a minor, authorities said Saturday. The Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office declined to identify the victim, citing her…
Democrats urge Clinton to offer better explanation of emails
Many Democratic lawmakers are saying that Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton needs to better explain how she handled possibly classified emails on her private email server.John Locher/Associated Press The…
July was hottest month for Earth on record
A shop in Marseille, France, is selling fans to customers looking to keep cool this summer. July set another record for the hottest month since weather officials began keeping records,…
Many fruits, conversations stem from artists’ grafts
The artist calls his creations the Tree of 40 Fruit. And the tree at Syracuse University, and others like it, really does bear 40 or more varieties of stone fruit,…
Artists collect knots for papal art exhibit
Artist Meg Saligman says a Philadelphia exhibit that will house more than 30,000 knots will represent the personal and societal struggles of people. The installation is planned to be in…
Two Koreas trade military threats
U.S. temporarily halts exercises with South as tensions rise
Nation Briefs
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama’s nuclear agreement with Iran gained momentum in Congress on Friday as a key Jewish Democrat from New York bucked home-state opposition to back the deal.…
Turkey’s leader sets new vote
Erdogan said he will meet with the parliament speaker on Monday, the day after the deadline for forming a new government, to complete the formalities. The widely expected announcement comes…
World Brief
PARIS – Three people were wounded, including two seriously, when a gunman opened fire with an automatic weapon on a high-speed train traveling from Amsterdam to Paris Friday, officials said.…
S.D. nurse embeds in colony life to transform health care
The 33-year-old nurse, who doesn’t speak German, has spent the past few years gaining the trust of several communities of Hutterites, a deeply religious people with ancestral ties to the…
Witnesses: IS militants destroyed ancient site
The ancient St. Elian Monastery near the town of Qaryatain, Syria, was destroyed by Islamic State militants, activists are reporting. The IS captured the monastery in early August.Islamic State militant…
Unemployment stays low in U.S. states with nomination fights
Mike Groll/Associated Press<br><br>Unemployment fell in about half of the states in July, including many of the states that are set to hold early presidential primaries and caucuses. The number of…
Nation Brief
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. – A convicted killer serving life behind bars when he staged a daring escape from a maximum-security prison was arraigned Thursday on new criminal charges in his first…
Many cheating-site users were federal employees
finds customers included White House workers
Some Israelis seek to end feud with U.S.
worry that Netanyahu risks damaging vital alliance