You aren’t worried. If you’re 51-year-old Lotte Geleff, who lost her job as an office clerk in January 2013, you know you’ll receive an unemployment benefit of $1,902 a month…
mother has no faith justice will be accomplished by Israelis
battle: Which is first, economy or environment?
Palestinians say it was Israeli act of revenge
Somali soldiers investigate the scene of a suicide car bomb near the Somali parliament in Mogadishu on Saturday.Farah Abdi Warsameh/Associated Press The Somali terror group al-Shabab claimed responsibility for the…
A majority of union members today have ties to the government at the federal, state or local levels. The typical union member now is more likely to be an educator,…
A dramatic scene from the 1983 documentary will be corrected to show that the Batzul massacre highlighted in the film was committed not by the military, but by leftist rebels…
Egypt premier defends spike in energy prices CAIRO – Egypt’s prime minister on Saturday defended a steep rise in fuel prices as necessary move to shore up the treasury, as…
received criticism for not showing himself out in public
Florida Democratic gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist, campaigning in Miami’s Little Havana, called for an end the trade embargo against Cuba.John Raoux/Associated Press “If you really care about people on the…
Grills are filled with smoking hamburgers at the White House in preparation for President Barack Obama’s Independence Day barbecue with military service members.Jacquelyn Martin/Associated Press Adams couldn’t have predicted how…
MURRIETA, Calif. – Demonstrators have gathered again outside a U.S. Border Patrol station in Murrieta, California, where the agency intends to process some of the immigrants who have flooded the…
Former National Security Agency employee Thomas Drake, center, arrives in Berlin to testify at German Parliament hearing about the NSA’s activities.Hannibal Hanschke/Associated Press The ministry said in a statement that…
Gertrude Weaver of Camden, Ark., holds a flower given to her a day before her 116th birthday at Silver Oaks Health and Rehabilitation Center. The Gerontology Research Group says Weaver…
President Barack Obama watches as Deputy Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, right, administers the oath of allegiance during a naturalization ceremony for active-duty service members and civilians Friday in the…
The weather along the narrow barrier islands – whose beaches draw hundreds of thousands of tourists every summer – had already cleared by Friday afternoon as Arthur scooted north and…
Nicole Specht and and Ryan Witman pack their Honda CRV to head back home to Lancaster, Pa., before dawn on Thursday as Hurricane Arthur strengthened and threatened to give North…
People wait in line for the Cleveland Career Fair in Independence, Ohio. U.S. employers accelerated their hiring in June, adding a robust 288,000 jobs and helping drive the unemployment rate…
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is facing mounting calls from Republicans to take a firsthand look at the immigration emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border, putting him on the spot concerning…
An overpass under construction in Sao Paulo, Brazil, collapsed Thursday. The overpass was one of the many infrastructure projects planned in World Cup host cities that wasn’t finished in time…
European media outlets are complaining that Google is removing links to stories and blogs that are important to the public. The company says it is receiving more than 1,000 requests…
KIEV, Ukraine – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko shook up his faltering military Thursday, appointing a new defense minister and top general while speaking angrily about the years of decay and…
In less than 24 hours, more than 100,000 people shared the Facebook post, many of them veterans acknowledging the challenges of neighbors shooting off fireworks irrespective of the feelings that…
Fifty years ago Wednesday, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Standing, from left, are Sen. Everett Dirksen, R-Ill.;…
Specially trained and equipped workers will begin cleaning up this contaminated room at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation this summer. The Richland, Wash., nuclear facility made plutonium for nuclear weapons before…
