VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis praised Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during a meeting Saturday at the Vatican that underscored the Holy See’s warm relations with the Palestinians as it prepares…
man was not known to counterterrorism officials
Blue Bell Creameries is laying off a third of its workforce because a series of recalls have idled its production plants.Orlin Wagner/Associated Press file photo HOUSTON – Blue Bell Creameries…
Objects have been thrown at trains traveling in area in past
The United Nations’ World Food Program is dispensing aid to displaced people from Ramadi, Iraq. Islamic State militants on Friday captured the main government compound in the city.Ali Abdul Hassan/Associated…
LONDON – British Prime Minister David Cameron said Friday he would consider handing over more power to Scotland but stopped short of agreeing to demands from Scotland’s First Minister Nicola…
Millions of children, seniors and postal carriers were bitten by dogs across the country in 2014. California led the way in insurance claims filed, settlements paid and postal carriers bitten.Associated…
A former inspector general for the National Security Agency said the George W. Bush and Obama administrations were wrong to keep secret the agency’s program to collect phone data from…
House Speaker John Boehner Thursday denied that this week’s Amtrak crash happened because Congress has been cutting the train corporation’s budget.Susan Walsh/Associated Press “Are you really going to ask such…
DAMASCUS, Syria – A Syrian official on Thursday called on the international community to protect the 2,000-year-old ruins of the ancient city of Palmyra, now threatened by advancing Islamic State…
BOSTON – Jurors in the trial of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev have finished their first full day of deliberations without reaching a verdict. The federal jury must decide whether…
Study: 1 in 4 people put off medical care because of cost
A Boston police officer directs his canine to sniff a backpack outside the federal courthouse in Boston on Thursday during jury deliberations in the penalty phase of the trial of…
The European Union is urging the United Kingdom to agree to take part in a plan that would set refugee limits for each European country help resolve an influx of…
PHILADELPHIA – The Amtrak train that crashed in Philadelphia, killing at least seven people, was hurtling at 106 mph before it ran off the rails along a sharp curve where…
Afghan security forces on Wednesday inspect the site of an attack at the Park Palace Hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan. The attackers held dozens of hostages for several hours before the…
Investigators on Wednesday examine the scene of a deadly train wreck in Philadelphia. Federal investigators arrived Wednesday to determine why an Amtrak train jumped the tracks in Tuesday night’s fatal…
President Barack Obama is greeted by Saudi King Salman bin Abdul Aziz as the president and first lady Michelle Obama arrive on Air Force One at King Khalid International Airport…
A South Korean man watches a TV news program reporting that North Korean People’s Armed Forces Minister Hyon Yong Chol was killed by anti-aircraft gunfire. North Korean leader Kim Jong…
CHICAGO – President Barack Obama will establish his presidential library on the South Side of Chicago, a part of the city where his political career began and where some of…
