Nation &amp; World

3 Revolutionary War soldiers are identified

The Friends of the Fishkill Supply Depot said in a statement last weekend that a researcher studying pension files of…

Winter snow comes at a price for states

Survey: $1 billion spent to keep roads clear

Telescope a boon to some, but not to all

Project splits Native Hawaiians

Nepal is rocked by new quake

A U.S. Marine Corps helicopter carrying six Marines and two Nepalese soldiers was reported missing while delivering disaster aid in…

U.S. records biggest budget surplus in 7 years

Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew’s Treasury Department on Tuesday reported the largest monthly budget surplus in seven years.Jose Luis Magana/Associated Press…

Putin praises pact with Hitler

That’s what he did standing next to German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Moscow on Sunday. During the Soviet era, the…

Nation Briefs

LAKE MARY, Fla. – The man who called 911 to report he was involved in a shooting with George Zimmerman…

Accident reports sought on self-driving vehicles

reports 11 ‘minor’ test incidents

Arab leaders to skip summit with Obama

upset about Iran nuclear talks

World Briefs

KUMANOVO, Macedonia – Macedonian authorities Monday jailed 30 people captured in a weekend gun battle in a northern town that…

Triumphant Cameron cheered in London

‘Well I think that went OK’

Crews search for missing after twisters hit Texas, Arkansas

Deven McManaman helps remove inventory from SMS Racing Sunday after the store was heavily damaged following a storm in Denton,…

Chief: Memo wouldn’t have changed cartoon contest response

Raheem Peters, left, and Joseph Offutt, center, hold a sign and a U.S. flag as Conner McCasland, kneeling, makes a…

Nation & World Briefs

HATTIESBURG, Miss. – The deaths of Officers Benjamin Deen and Liquori Tate stunned this small city in southern Mississippi. On…

Democrats bicker on trade

backing deal to allow companies to sue governments

Pope Francis may get new convert

Castro so impressed, he might return to church

Petty theft has long history at White House

take anything from placeholders, towels to spoons

Nation Briefs

GREENVILLE, S.C. – Republicans making their pitch to be the party’s 2016 presidential nominee aimed to out-do each other Saturday…

May 9, 2015

World Briefs

MONROVIA, Liberia – On the day Mercy Kennedy lost her mother to Ebola, it was hard to imagine a time…

May 9, 2015

South Dakota visit makes it 50 states for Obama

President Barack Obama applauds the graduates of the Class of 2015 while delivering the commencement address at Lake Area Technical…

Jobs report spurs new economic hope

Unemployment rate nears healthy level

World Briefs

PARIS – Saudi Arabia declared a unilateral cease-fire in Yemen that would start May 12 and urged Shiite rebels and…

Nation Briefs

WASHINGTON – Federal aviation officials acted within their authority in allowing airline passengers to use cellphone and other electronics during…