Nation &amp; World

Prehistoric mass grave hints at violent past

Researcher Christian Meyer says the discovery of another prehistoric mass grave near Frankfurt, Germany, suggests that terror tactics were common…

States moving to fill highway funding gap

than half raising taxes for road improvements

World Brief

CAIRO – In a significant leap toward harsher authoritarian rule, Egypt has enacted a draconian new anti-terrorism law that sets…

Nation Brief

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. – Faced with escalating aggression from Russia and China, the Pentagon is planning to increase its…

Thai leader: ‘We will hunt them down’

one claims fatal bombing in Bangkok

Trump reports for New York jury duty, takes campaign break

Donald Trump, center, told a pedestrian that his plan to build a wall to stop illegal immigration from Mexico would…

Indonesian rescuers search for airplane

54-passenger plane apparently crashes into mountainside

Nation Briefs

ATLANTA – Julian Bond’s life traced the arc of the civil-rights movement, from his efforts as a militant young man…

Western wildfires: Wind, heat, dry land fueling large blazes

The Canyon Creek Complex Fire burns towards a rural subdivision of John Day. Homes in the area were ordered evacuated…

Clinton is hurt by familiar shortcomings

Some Democrats are growing increasingly concerned about stumbles early in Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, including an FBI investigation of the…

World Briefs

SAO PAULO – Brazilians took to the streets of cities and towns across the country Sunday for anti-government protests being…

700 injured, 95 missing and 112 dead in China

In this image taken from a video footage, a woman holds up a photo of her son, a missing firefighter,…

Alaskans concerned with Canadian mining plans

Alaska Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott speaks during a meeting on trans-boundary water issues with Canada on Thursday in Juneau, Alaska.…

The politics of time: Why countries switch

Here is a look at ways in which countries have changed their time zones for political reasons: How it all…

In aftermath of Ferguson, states react

activists say still more needs to be done

Going on vacation? Your cats can, too

Purr-fect lodges will pamper your pets

Food banks, pantries find new ways to feed more

Scott’s budget is tight since he was disabled from a work-related injury, so he turns to the Mitzvah Food Project…

These girls are the coders of the future

they’re already solving problems

‘Nothing compares’ to the Iowa State Fair

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks at the Iowa State Fair on Saturday in Des Moines. Sanders has…

World Brief

TOKYO – Emperor Akihito expressed rare “deep remorse” over his country’s wartime actions in an address Saturday marking the 70th…

Nation Briefs

PHOENIX – Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake, the lone Republican senator who was considering support for the Iran nuclear deal, announced…

Blast zone evacuated over contamination fear

A warehouse exploded Wednesday in Tianjin, China, as filmed from a nearby residential building. Tianjin is the world’s 10th largest…

At least 40 dead at sea, 320 migrants rescued

An Italian Navy RIB approaches a fishing boat crowded with migrants off the coast of Libya. At least 40 migrants…