Nation & World

Federal shutdown looms after break

Congress will face divisive issues when it returns from August recess

July 30, 2015

World Brief

JERUSALEM – Revelers dancing and singing through the streets of Jerusalem during the holy city’s annual gay-pride parade were left…

July 30, 2015

Nation & World

Flight 370 likely to stay hidden

currents make tracking wreckage difficult

July 30, 2015

Nation & World

California says water use fell by 27 percent in June

California water officials reported some good news Thursday, saying 265 out of 411 local water agencies met or nearly met…

July 30, 2015

Nation & World

Confederate flags left outside MLK’s church

Reverend calls incident ‘terroristic threat’

July 30, 2015

Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

RICHMOND, Va. – Three University of Virginia graduates and members of a fraternity profiled in a debunked account of a…

July 29, 2015

Nation & World

GOP bickering threatens 2016 hopes

Divided party struggling to show it can effectively run Congress

July 29, 2015

Nation & World

Foes call for ban on trophy hunting

A group of protesters Wednesday gathered outside the dental offices of Dr. Walter James Palmer in Bloomington, Minn., to condemn…

July 29, 2015

Nation & World

Planned Parenthood seeks fetal tissue study

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., center, with Sens. John Cornyn, R-Texas, left, and John Thune, R-S.D., speaks Wednesday about Planned Parenthood…

July 29, 2015

Nation & World

Part of wing may be from missing flight

Malaysia Airlines plane vanished in March 2014

July 29, 2015

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Nation & World Briefs

WASHINGTON – Secretary of State John Kerry warned skeptical lawmakers not to nix the contentious nuclear deal with Iran, insisting…

July 28, 2015

Nation & World

Jamestown remains reveal past

ID’d as leaders of English colony

July 28, 2015

Nation & World

Rights activists upset by Obama’s visit to Ethiopia

Evan Vucci/Associated Press<br><br>President Barack Obama Tuesday urged African nations to uphold democratic liberties during a speech before the African Union…

July 28, 2015

Nation & World

Health-care spending picking up steam

Economist says new forecast is ‘not great news’

July 28, 2015

Nation & World

Strong home sales, limited supply lift U.S. home prices in May

Home prices continued to increase in May although the rate of homeownership rate in the United States is continuing to…

July 28, 2015

Nation & World

Authorities: California teen accused of killing 8-year-old

A couple embrace Tuesday at a memorial for Madyson Middleton at the Tannery Arts Center in Santa Cruz, Calif. The…

July 28, 2015

Nation & World

Museum hosting show of ancient bronze work

Jens Daehner, right, associate curator at the J. Paul Getty Museum, says few ancient pieces of Hellinistic period bronze sculptures…

July 28, 2015

Nation & World

Some snow piles remain in Buffalo

ice piles still remain months after freak storm

July 28, 2015

Nation & World

Lawyers: Convicted spy Pollard to be paroled in November

U.S. officials Tuesday denied that convicted spy Jonathan Pollard’s pending parole from federal prison is connected to the proposed agreement…

July 28, 2015

Nation & World

New York prison worker pleads guilty in escape of 2 killers

Joyce Mitchell faces up to seven years in prison after pleading guilty Tuesday to two charges in connection with helping…

July 28, 2015

Nation & World

Mental-health experts respond carefully to mass killings

Each time mental illness is cited as a possible factor in a high-profile mass killing, there’s a collective sigh among…

July 27, 2015

Nation & World

NSA to destroy collected phone records

House approves plan to stop using controversial data

July 27, 2015

Nation & World

El Niño is more than just weather

can be bring wealth or recession to countries

July 27, 2015

Nation & World

Nation Briefs

NEW YORK – The Boy Scouts of America have ended a blanket ban on gay adult leaders while allowing church-sponsored…

July 27, 2015