Iraq’s elite counterterrorism forces gather ahead of an operation to re-take the Islamic State-held City of Mosul, outside Irbil, Iraq. Iraqi forces appear poised to launch their most complex anti-IS…
men note unpopularity of military action by the West
Miraculously, nobody suffered life-threatening injuries in the crash Friday night. Police said Dustin Brandon, 27, was driving a Mercedes-Benz convertible when he collided with a Mazda Miata in Rockville Centre.…
smoking gun but interesting insights emerge
WASHINGTON – The U.S. military said Saturday it has detected what’s being described as a failed missile launch by North Korea. The launch occurred near the northwestern city of Kusong,…
The Obama administration unveiled sweeping new rules for Medicare compensation that are aimed at increasing patient care and helping to control costs of the federal program.Jacquelyn Martin/Associated Press file The…
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, center-left, prepares for a bilateral meeting with Chinese representatives during a meeting in Kigali, Rwanda, on a proposal to phase out hydrflourocarbons to fight…
Megan Johnson counts money from a sale at Chagrin Hardware in Chagrin Falls,Amy Sancetta/Associated Press file For much of this year, consumers have spent at a solid pace as income…
A worker selects cigars at the H. Upmann cigar factory in Havana, Cuba. The Obama administration announced Friday it is eliminating a $100 limit on the value of Cuban rum…
Bhumibol Adulyadej had ruled for 70 years
U.S. singer-songwriter Bob Dylan was awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday.David Vincent/Associated Press file Reporters and others who gathered at the Swedish Academy’s headquarters in Stockholm’s Old…
Missiles were fired at U.S. ships earlier this week
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a fundraiser at the Civic Center Auditorium in San Francisco on Thursday. Documents published by WikiLeaks show Clinton’s campaign communications director joking about…
Burundi’s Parliament approved a plan to withdraw from the International Criminal Court, making it the first nation ever to try to leave the international court.Gildas Ngingo/Associated Press file The decision…
Minnesota governor says law is ‘no longer affordable’
The USS Mason was fired on while conducting exercises in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen. The U.S. military said two missiles were fired at the guided missile…
Hiring is slowing from the rapid pace over the past two years, according to a new Labor Department report report showing job postings fell 7 percent in August.Charles Krupa/Associated Press…
Ryan Christian and Delores Miller canoe down West 5th Street after checking on Miller’s elderly mother’s home in downtown Lumberton, N.C., after Hurricane Matthew caused downed trees, power outages and…
worry state’s malpractice laws driving many new physicians to leave
McDonald’s Corp. said Tuesday that it is being “thoughtful in respect to Ronald McDonald’s participation in community events” as a result of the “current climate around clown sightings in communities.”…
In a wide-ranging interview posted on Yahoo, Ginsburg said she had the same opinion about flag burning. “I think it’s a terrible thing to do, but I wouldn’t lock a…
Candidate promises ‘I will teach them’ how to win
GREENVILLE, N.C. — A state trooper shot and killed an armed man during a search for flood victims in a tense and dispirited North Carolina, and thousands more people were…
A large, international study released on Monday ties heavy exertion while stressed or mad to a tripled risk of having a heart attack within an hour.Clinton Lewis/Daily News file via…
