Nation &amp; World

2014 health-insurance premiums reasonable

2015 looks promising with more insurers

President Obama created in 3-D

A handout photo shows the first presidential portrait created from 3-D scan data. A team at the Smithsonian Institution has…

Backing Iraq war haunts many early supporters

Lawmakers who eagerly voted to authorize military force 12 years ago to oust Saddam Hussein and destroy weapons of mass…

Nation Briefs

AUSTIN, Texas – Could Texas Gov. Rick Perry be California dreamin’? The Republican has made persuading top employers around the…

Contributions from wealthy are on rise

The Giving USA report, released Tuesday, said Americans gave an estimated $335.17 billion to charity in 2013, up 3 percent…

Millennials stepping up shift to walkable cities

People walk along Washington’s Barracks Row. Neighborhoods that have a mix of businesses, homes, shops and restaurants are increasingly popular…

Lawmakers say more IRS emails missing

Congressional investigators are looking through former Internal Revenue Service worker Lois Lerner’s emails to determine who was involved in handling…

Fight for gay rights not over yet, president says

President Barack Obama is shown a 3-D printer by Andy Leer during his tour of TechShop Pittsburgh Tuesday in Pittsburgh.…

Somali extremists attack village

Residents of Kibaoni, Kenya, barricade a road with burning tires as they protest the recent killings and the government’s failure…

Iraqi army rout hampers efforts to rally

Iraqi security forces in uniforms and plainclothes head to Baghdad in the main road between Baghdad and Mosul, a day…

World Briefs

MONROVIA, Liberia – Seven people believed to have the Ebola virus have died in recent days in the first deaths…

Amazon is about to jump into smartphones

As more and more bookstores have closed, Amazon is now believed to be the nation’s largest bookseller, with an estimated…

Benghazi suspect on way to U.S. for trial

President Barack Obama said the capture on Sunday of Ahmed Abu Khattala sends a clear message to the world that…

Court: $1.8M house built on park must be removed

A Rhode Island developer must remove this $1.8 million waterfront house that he mistakenly built on park land in Narragansett,…

Feds protect sage grouse

Decision to list bird’s relative is due next year

U.S. health care is dead last in 11-nation survey

America expected to improve under Obamacare

High court rules against ‘straw purchasers’ of guns

The 5-4 decision upheld two lower courts that had ruled against so-called straw purchasers, even though the justices acknowledged that…

GM recalls 3.4M more cars for ignition problems

GM said in a statement Monday that the switches can rotate out of “run” if the key has excess weight…

Kenya gunmen targeted non-Muslims

Al-Shabab, a Somali al-Qaida-linked group, claimed responsibility for the hours-long assault on Mpeketoni in which 48 people were killed. The…

Obama to sign order extending gays’ protections

President Barack Obama plans to sign an executive order banning federal contractors from discriminating against employees on the basis of…

U.S. considers Iraqi options

Secretary of State John Kerry says the United States might consider using drone strikes to stem the advance of Sunni…

IMF lowers estimate of U.S. economic growth in 2014

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde says Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen should increase the number of news conferences…