Nation &amp; World

Island paradises may not be for everyone

culture threatened by exodus of natives

Ag-gag laws are facing federal court challenges

prohibit secret filming documenting abuse of animals

At crash site, couple who lost daughter mourns

Meanwhile, Ukraine launches offensive to retake Donetsk

Ebola can spread by air travel as death in Nigeria shows

of victim had also died from virus

On border, Obama prods GOP while citing progress

Republicans push for $1B in solutions

Latest execution renews debate about methods

Supreme Court had ruled lethal injection is OK

Nation & World Briefs

Fast-food workers vow civil disobedience VILLA PARK, Ill. – Fast-food workers from across the country voted in suburban Chicago to…

Downing of airliner faces intelligence questions

Officials don’t know who fired missile

U.S. evacuates embassy in Libya

Escalating violence prompts action

Israel extends Gaza truce for 24 hours

rejects cease-fire extension, resumes attacks

‘Avery hive’ yields artifacts from early America

Volunteer Theodore Davi prepares a display with items excavated over the last eight years from the Avery hive site in…

How stoned is too stoned to drive?

Volunteers helping feds learn answer

Black box found at Mali crash site

More than 200 French army soldiers are guarding the site of an Air Algerie plane crash in northern Mali. The…

Nation Briefs

WASHINGTON – The House has passed a bill that would gradually increase the child tax credit and make it available…

Russian execs worry about economic pain

Putin Throughout the Ukrainian crisis, U.S. and European sanctions had mainly targeted a handful of individuals, sparing economic ties. Then…

World Briefs

EL-ARISH, Egypt – Gunmen shot and killed two senior Egyptian officers in the country’s volatile Sinai Peninsula, where the military…

Millennials prefer cash for investing

A survey out this week from Bankrate.com found that for long-term investments, Millennials prefer cash three times as much as…

Kerry: Truce remains elusive

Israeli, Hamas fighting spurs new unrest in West Bank

World Briefs

NAIROBI, Kenya – The Peace Corps is suspending its programs in Kenya because of security concerns and is pulling more…

Israeli shells hit U.N. shelter

15 killed, dozens injured in attack

Conflicts create rough skies

Experts say airlines often fly over war zones

Refugee status for some youths considered

House thinks plan could ease border crisis

Nation Briefs

WASHINGTON – Rep. Paul Ryan proposed a new plan Thursday to merge up to 11 anti-poverty programs into a single…