The Rev. Russell Moore, director of the Southern Baptist’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, fears that if the Supreme Court allows same-sex marriages it could pave the way for opening…
Italian Coast Guard officers disembark the body of a dead migrant off the ship Bruno Gregoretti, in Valletta’s Grand Harbour on Monday. A smuggler’s boat crammed with hundreds of people…
HONOLULU – The federal government on Monday proposed removing most of the world’s humpback whales from the endangered species list, saying the massive mammals have rebounded after 45 years of…
A man rescues a migrant from the Aegean Sea near the eastern island of Rhodes. European Union officials are planning an emergency summit to discuss the growing immigrant migration problem…
Senate Banking Committee member Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa. discusses Republican plans to possibly cut funding for Medicare and President Barack Obama’s health-care law in the new budget.Susan Walsh/Associated Press Separate…
RUSKIN, Fla. – The letter carrier who caused a full-scale security review in Washington when he violated national airspace by landing his gyrocopter on Capitol Hill expressed frustration Sunday that…
Prosecutors were favored; hundreds could be innocent
TEHRAN, Iran– International nuclear inspectors will be barred from all Iranian military sites under any deal with world powers, a senior commander in the Revolutionary Guard said Sunday, setting up…
Iran’s foreign minister urged UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday to try to end “the senseless aerial attacks” in Yemen by a Saudi-led coalition and establish a cease-fire. Smoke rises…
Survivor provides harrowing tale of life on boat
Bloomberg poll, respondents expect in 20 years, pot will be legal nationwide
who shot Reagan paints, eats fast food
FAIZABAD, Afghanistan – A motorcycle-riding suicide bomber attacked a line of people waiting outside a bank Saturday in eastern Afghanistan, killing at least 35 and wounding 125 in an assault…
corporation’s, others’ reports conflicting
BOSTON – It’s been decades since you could run in the Boston Marathon without qualifying, before limits on the field size made entering – almost as much as finishing –…
Norwegian Elge Larsson is promising to fight “nail and tooth” any interference from the Polish Ministry of Magic during a four-day role-playing game in which about 140 participants will play…
Appeals court to rule on letting Obama orders take effect
COLOGNE, Germany – The Germanwings crash last month was an “unbelievable horror” for the families of those killed, compounded by the apparent senselessness of the co-pilot’s actions in bringing down…
Pilotless passenger flights may be possible but are unlikely for now
AUSTIN, Texas – Timothy McVeigh considered the Oklahoma City bombing a failure because he left the building standing and once suggested the government should pay his defense attorneys $800,000. Documents…
Gasoline prices are rising slightly, contributing to a 0.2 percent jump in consumer prices in March.Gerald Herbert/Associated Press The consumer price index rose 0.2 percent last month, the Labor Department…
The campaign to put a woman’s face on the U.S. $20 bill has gained anotehr backer with U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaneen, D-N.H., filing legislation to create a citizens panel to…
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, expects his committee will take up a compromise proposal to give President Barack Obama authority to “fast track” trade pact agreements in…
