Nation &amp; World

Comic book brings in bank for collector

John C. Wise, with a 1966 Super Boy comic, is auctioning off some rare historic comic books from his collection.K.C.…

Hearing dad’s stories anew

I never knew how cool he was until decades later

U.S. soldier freed from captivity

capture still remains a mystery

Where do LGBT Americans fit into nation’s history?

U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, center, speaks during a press conference outside The Stonewall inn announcing a national initiative for…

U.S. officials say most Russian troops have left Ukraine border

Speaking to reporters aboard his flight to a regional security conference in Singapore, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said that the…

Junta: Peace must be restored

Thailand’s military leaders say elections won’t be held to select a new civilian government until the deeply divided country is…

Medicare gets OK to pay for sex-change operations

Former Army veteran Denee Mallon, 74, was denied genital reconstruction surgery two years ago, but could now get the surgery…

Nation & World Briefs

WASHINGTON – White House press secretary Jay Carney became the news instead of just delivering it Friday, when President Barack…

VA chief quits amid furor

President Barack Obama says Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinskeki has reduced homelessness among veterans and improved health care for female…

U.S. consumer spending down 0.1 percent in April

Consumer spending dippled slightly in April, although economists say the 0.1 percent drop should not derail an expected economic rebound…

El-Sissi wins Egypt election

Foreign observers say Egypt’s decision to extend the presidential election process an extra day raises doubts about the credibility of…

Support for embattled VA chief faltering

Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki is continuing to lose support among Congress members as more Democrats join the list of…

Teen birth rate falls in U.S.

The number of births to teens ages 15-19 in 2013 was 274,641, which the National Center for Health Statistics says…

World Briefs

BANGKOK – More than 1,000 Thai troops and police sealed one of Bangkok’s busiest intersections Thursday to prevent a planned…

CIA’s drone program inside Pakistan ending

Two recent studies suggest as few as 2 percent of the people who have been killed in Pakistan by drone…

Obama move threatens action on immigration

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson says his department is looking at changing the priorities on which illegal immigrants should be…

Nation Briefs

WASHINGTON – A House committee has endorsed a GOP plan to allow some schools to opt out of healthier meal…

Jet’s crash site remains mystery

Investigators are still convinced that Malaysian Airlines Flight 370’s final resting place is somewhere in the southern Indian Ocean even…

Email casts doubts on claim by Snowden

Edward Snowden, a former National Security Agency contractor, right, tells NBC News anchor Brian Williams that the NSA general counsel’s…

Are landslides on rise?

This is at least the second deadly landslide in the U.S. this year, after the catastrophic mudslide that killed 41…

Nation Briefs

NEW ORLEANS – BP PLC must resume paying claims while it asks the U.S. Supreme Court to review its settlement…

Watchdog of VA says delays are everywhere

Investigator releases report on facilities

Ukraine insurgents say Chechens joining fight

Russia is denying that it is allowing fighters to cross into Ukraine to join pro-Russian insurgents fighting the central government.…