Nation &amp; World

Nation Briefs

FRESNO, Calif. – Dozens of farmers in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta submitted plans Monday to the state saying they…

Health-care increases set to take leap

go big with initial 2016 rate requests

Shiite group in Yemen frees American

hostage pleads for help from France

World Briefs

BERLIN – The United Nations’ human rights office says the number of people killed in more than a year of…

Solar Impulse sitting out weather in Japan

Sun-powered plane to continue globe-circling trip

Don’t take a seat: Panel says you should stand for 2 hours

A study in the British Journal of Sports Medicine recommends that office workers get up and move. The research suggests…

Lindsey Graham launches 2016 bid

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., on Monday said he is seeking the GOP presidential nomination because he wants to “defeat the…

High court throws out conviction for Facebook threats

John P. Elwood, attorney for Anthony D. Elonis, met with reporters after the Supreme Court tossed out his client’s conviction…

The rising costs of cancer

Doctors examine ways to keep it cheaper

Nation Briefs

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said that Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul is “wrong” on his efforts…

Beau Biden dies at 46

of VP had life of adversity

World Briefs

CAIRO – At least 2,600 people were killed in violence in the 18 months after the military overthrew Egypt’s president…

Refugees fear history is repeating in Burundi

‘No longer our home,’ people flee for Tanzania

Sen. Paul stops phone-record collection

program likely to be revived in days

World Briefs

WASHINGTON – At least four Americans are being held in Yemen by rebels who toppled the U.S. backed government, The…

Nation Briefs

WASHINGTON – Barring a last-minute deal in Congress, three post-Sept. 11 surveillance laws used against suspected spies and terrorists are…

Japanese people face an uncertain future after evacuation

Residents, many of whom evacuated with only the clothes on their backs, worried over when things on the island in…

Coast Guard slip on the spill?

Senators call on the feds to investigate

Japan sees increased volcanic activity

‘Bigger eruptions could possibly occur from now’

Volunteers search for missing in Texas

11 people unaccounted for after flooding

Bigger, faster, better

roller coasters reinvented to be more extreme

May 29, 2015

Bombing of Shiite mosque kills 4

raises tensions in Sunni-ruled Saudi Arabia

May 29, 2015