Nation &amp; World

First black president marks Selma milestone

Dignitaries included child of ‘segregation forever’ guv

World Briefs

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria – Nigeria’s home-grown Boko Haram Islamic extremists have pledged formal allegiance to the Islamic State group in a…

Students, tourists, housekeepers are asked to spy

proposal facing criticism

Americans spent $58 billion to pamper, protect pets in ’14

Sharon Lawler, from Playa Del Rey, Calif., left, with Peluche, a Tibetan-terrier mix available for adoption is held by pet…

Ferguson officials studying U.S. report

to discuss plans to reform police with Justice Department

Is it Europe or ‘Eurabia’?

Study: Muslim population won’t become dominate

World Briefs

SEOUL, South Korea – Police on Friday investigated the motive of the anti-U.S. activist they say slashed the U.S. ambassador…

Nation Briefs

NEW YORK – Apple is in. AT&T is out. In another victory of sorts for the popular and profitable iPhone…

Dogs’ dogs feel the freeze, too

feet, paws vulnerable in winter weather

Dawn begins for mission to dwarf planet

craft to photograph Ceres, largest object in asteroid belt

Hillary Clinton email trove reviewed for release, security

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton used a personal email account during her time as secretary of state, rather…

Nation & World Briefs

LOS ANGELES – Harrison Ford crash-landed his vintage plane Thursday after losing engine power, suffering serious but not life-threatening injuries…

Gay marriage gains support in U.S.

half of Republicans now back same-sex wedding rights

Harrison Ford seriously injured after crash-landing plane

Fire officials Thursday work at the scene of a vintage airplane that crash-landed on the Penmar Golf Course in the…

Europe swamped with crush of migrants arriving by land, sea

A baby looks out from the window of a bus after disembarking from a crippled freighter carrying hundreds of refugees…

Circus packing in its pachyderms

Ringling Bros. to phase out animal acts

U.S. downplays hopes of quick Iran deal

Iranian envoy says ‘we are very close, very close’

Wreckage of WWII warship found

is near where Japanese battleship sank

Americans set new highs in support of legal pot

Washington, D.C., voters last year said yes to legalizing marijuana use, a trend that is gaining more acceptance throughout the…

World Briefs

BEIJING – China’s official military budget will grow by about 10 percent in the coming year, a legislative spokeswoman said…

House panel seeks Clinton’s emails

Possible candidate faces new questions

Nation Briefs

WASHINGTON – The Justice Department cleared a white former Ferguson, Missouri, police officer in the fatal shooting of an unarmed…

Justices sharply divided over health-care law

Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas speaks at a rally outside the Supreme Court in Washington on Wednesday as the court was…