Nation &amp; World

Nation Briefs

NEW YORK – A series of anonymous telephone threats against commercial airliners Monday, possibly from the same source, prompted searches…

Obama pays tribute to America’s fallen

President recognizes ‘patriots’ who died in Afghanistan war

Twister kills 10 in Mexico border city; 12 missing in Texas

Steve Sisney/The Oklahoman Michael Williams uses a kayak to retrieve valuables from his mother Karle In Texas, 12 people were…

Nation Briefs

SEATTLE – One of two protesters who affixed themselves to an Arctic oil-drilling support ship parked north of Seattle left…

After officer’s acquittal, 2 more cases loom for Cleveland

Officers arrested 71 people the night after the verdict, though there was nothing close to the violence other cities have…

Harsh weather causes headaches across country

Flash floods in Texas, Oklahoma kill 2; 100s of homes gone

Iraqi soldiers show no ‘will to fight’

Ramadi retreat from ISIS raises strategy questions

Pope says the economy and environment must thrive

Pope Francis is about to issue an environmental encyclical, and Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican secretary of state, gave a…

World Briefs

MULTAN, Pakistan – The captors of a former Pakistani prime minister’s son demanded the release of several al-Qaida prisoners in…

World Briefs

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador – Archbishop Oscar Romero was beatified by Roman Catholic officials Saturday in an emotional ceremony elevating…

Nation Briefs

LOS ANGELES – The pipeline that leaked thousands of gallons of oil on the California coast was the only pipe…

New York weighs allowing outdoor dining with dogs

Opponents cite biting, begging and risk of germs

Congress’ familiar path: short-term solutions

WASHINGTON (AP) – Long is the list of problems Congress has addressed with short-term answers. When senators left town early…

Nigerian airlines cancel flights amid fuel crisis

Africa’s biggest oil producer struggles through delivery-strike

Ireland says ‘I do’ to gay marriage

Country votes resoundingly to amend its constitution

NSA dials down once-secret phone program

The National Security Agency began winding down its collection and storage of American phone records this week after the Senate…

Ahead of vacation, Congress wrestles with trade, security

Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., is slated to deliver a sunset piano performance of “Ol’ Man River” on Saturday on the…

World Briefs

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – A suicide bomber killed at least 19 people Friday in a blast inside a Shiite mosque…

Workers’ fears about crime shut Eiffel Tower

Eiffel Tower workers are demanding that Paris police begin permanently patrolling the area around the tourist attraction because of an…

Obama downplays U.S.-Israeli rift

Offers new assurances on Iran deal

Nation Briefs

WASHINGTON – Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton received information on her private email account about the deadly attack…

Russia casts shadow over European talks

EU offers some aid to ex-Soviet republics

California OKs farmers’ plan to cut water use

California’s Water Resources Control Board on Friday accepted an offer from farmers in the state’s Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta to…