Nation &amp; World

World’s problems enter Japan’s psyche – again

Country shaken by reported IS violence

February 1, 2015

Chocolate football nets $20K

The ball created by Sarris Candies of Canonsburg was auctioned off Friday on KDKA radio to benefit the Dollar Energy…

IS spies Iraqi libraries to burn their books

Residents say the extremists smashed the locks that had protected the biggest repository of learning in the northern Iraq town,…

FBI adds Virginia man to its ‘most wanted’ list

The attorney, Gadeir Abbas, said Liban Mohamed’s family “rejects the allegations” against him and noted that the family has something…

Trick Q: Budget Day is Groundhog Day

Five things to know before Obama rolls out his new budget

Nation & World Briefs

ALBUQUERQUE – An audacious, nearly 7,000-mile-long trip across the Pacific Ocean came to an end Saturday as two accomplished pilots…

New video shows IS beheading Goto

Hostages’ deaths have yet to be confirmed

Japan self-censors itself in the name of ‘jishuku’

An online video released Saturday purported to show an Islamic State group militant beheading Japanese journalist Kenji Goto, ending days…

After 150 years, Confederate submarine’s hull revealed

Sub was first in history to sink enemy warship

GOP race opens up, or does it?

Romney’s decision could help Bush – at least for now

Nation & World Briefs

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is calling for an investment to move away from one-size-fits-all-medicine, toward an approach that tailors…

Census change considered

New racial classification could help Arab-Americans

$French fracture laid bare as 8-year-old praises terrorists$

French fracture laid bare as 8-year-old praises terrorists

Latifa Ibn Ziaten, mother of French soldier Imad Ibn Ziaten who was killed by Islamist gunman Mohamed Merah, answers questions…

Dems still miffed about Israeli leader’s address to Congress

Rep. Nancy Pelosi, left, D-Calif., the leader of the House Democrats, and Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, right, listen as President…

Scientists abandon claim about the early universe

New data show that their cosmic observations no longer back up that conclusion, they say. The original announcement caused a…

U.S. economy slowed last quarter, but signs are pointing up

Signs of an economic recovery in the U.S. are abundant, such as these workers at a Boston construction site. The…

Former GOP nominee Romney will not run for president in ‘16

Former GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney announced Friday that he will not enter the 2016 presidential campaign “in order to…

House Dems seek better messaging, not new policies, for 2016

President Barack Obama is greeted on the tarmac by Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf, right, and Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, left,…

Nation & World Briefs

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration says it will ask Congress for $1 billion next year to run schools for Native…

Senate OKs pipeline bill

But Republicans lack votes to override expected veto

Obama calls for spending surge, buoyed by rising economy

President Barack Obama waves during his arrival on Air Force One at Philadelphia International Airport Thursday, in Philadelphia. Obama traveled…

Poll shows giant gap between what public, scientists think

A new Pew study shows that 87 percent of scientists believe global warming is caused by human activity while only…

Driver deaths in crashes tumble

Study cites technology, improved car designs for drop in fatalities