Nation &amp; World

Supply rocket explodes on liftoff

Commercial ship was carrying supplies to International Space Station

Bombing suspect’s friend convicted of lying to FBI

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is charged with carrying out the April 2013 attack that killed three people and…

Sheriff: 2 shot outside NC courthouse on lockdown

The North Carolina State Highway Patrol works at the scene of a shooting on Tuesday at the Nashville courthouse in…

Nation Briefs

NEWARK, N.J. – The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday recommended new restrictions for people at highest…

U.S. official: Fight Islamic State ideology

The Islamic State group that has seized large parts of Iraq and Syria and declared a self-styled caliphate, or Islamic…

Third student dies in Washington school shooting

Joanne Roberts, the chief medical officer at Providence Regional Medical Center, reads a statement from the family of Gia Soriano,…

Governors stress home quarantine for Ebola workers

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, left, listens as New Jersey Governor Chris Christie talks at a news conference in New…

Disease expert argues against Ebola quarantine

warns fight against virus may be stymied

October 26, 2014

Nation & World Briefs

CAMARILLO, Calif. – A national survey of gas prices reports that the average cost of U.S. regular grade gas dropped…

October 26, 2014

Pro-Western parties seen as leading Ukraine vote

3 million unable to participate

October 26, 2014

Ebola not first virus to panic world

Influenza pandemic killed millions

Early voting alters campaigns’ strategies

‘The election is not a one-day event anymore’

Tough to pick a college?

crunchers hope to help

Extremists launch new attack

Smoke rises Saturday during fighting in Kobani, near the Turkey-Syria border. Kobani and its surrounding areas have been under assault…

Killing of Calif. deputies brings complexity

Investigation involving number of agencies

Ebola-stricken doc was a do-gooder

likelihood he spread the virus

Nation & World Briefs

NEWARK, N.J. – The health-care worker who was quarantined at a New Jersey hospital because she had contact with Ebola…

Woman hanged by Iran for killing alleged rapist

U.S. condemns action by state

GOP candidates skirt climate change

Instead, concern for environment is voiced

Dems try to regain lost voters outside cities

Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan talks to supporters during a campaign stop at Sharp Farms in rural Wilson County, N.C. Hagan…

GMO crops’ fate to be decided by Maui voters

Monsanto, Dow fighting initiative

Scientists unveil goofy dinosaur

Lee Yuong-nam, director of the Geological Museum, speaks to the media during a news conference in Seoul, South Korea. Nearly…

October 24, 2014