Nation &amp; World

Optimism of whites in U.S. lags blacks by big margin

Young blacks like Americorps volunteer John Harris III are more optimistic about their economic futures, a new Associated Press-NORC Center…

Obama tees off into a birthday weekend

President Barack Obama, second from left, jogs up the ramp of Marine One as he leaves Andrews Air Force Base,…

New jobs mostly low-pay, part-time

Mid-paying industries add 22 percent of 2013’s job gain

Republicans on attack against others in party

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. has likened fellow Republican Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas and Rand Paul of Kentucky and others…

N.Y. village tries to control deer

It’s giving animals birth control

Sikhs sidestep fights about Wis. rampage donations

In the weeks after the August 2012 shooting, $1.1 million in donations poured in to the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin…

Few Arab atheists inch out of shadows

Describing his change of beliefs from Islam to atheism, Rafat Awad, a 23-year-old pharmacist in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, said,…

Actors with fake guns bring police with real ones

A group of student filmmakers were using fake guns to shoot a robbery scene at a suburban Los Angeles coffee…

Final hurricane forecast calls for busy season

The final “preseason” forecast from top experts at Colorado State University, released Friday morning, again calls for an “above-average 2013…

Pamplona inspires new bull run in U.S.

The Great Bull Run is inspired by the annual running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain. It’s set to kick…

Lead-poisoned children receiving care in Nigeria

For some, it already is too late to reverse serious neurological damage, said Dr. Michelle Chouinard, Nigeria country director for…

Swaddle-maker swamped after prince’s photo op

It took perhaps 45 seconds last week for Prince George of Cambridge, the newborn heir to the British throne, to…

Snowden finds comfort in new Russian home

gets job offers; misses his U.S. girlfriend

Survey: Vets worry most about suicide

About 3,000 active-duty troops have killed themselves since 2001. The annual tally of these deaths climbs each year. And those…

Labor unions getting creative

Declining membership prompts unified effort

U.S. issues travel alert

Al-Qaida threat leads to closure of 21 embassies

Judge blocks horse slaughter

Companies aim to open plants in N.M.

Legislators’ health care to be paid by taxpayers

House Republicans pushed a bill through the House that would keep the IRS from implementing any of President Barack Obama’s…

High court won’t delay release of California inmates

A majority of justices refused an emergency request by the governor to halt a lower court’s directive for the early…

Arkansas school official calls hiding from gunmen ‘failed policy’

The Arkansas attorney general has said Clarksville School District cannot arm teachers and janitors. The school district had been training…

Kerry tries to defuse flap over comments

Secretary of State John Kerry was backing away from comments he made Thursday suggesting the United States backs the military…

House approves bill to repeal Obamacare – for 40th time

The measure, symbolic because of the certainty that it will be ignored by the Democratic-led Senate, was approved by a…

U.S. employers add 162,000 jobs in July

Employers added 162,000 in July, pushing the nation’s unemployment rate down to 7.4 percent, the U.S. Labor Department said Friday.…