Nation &amp; World

Limited Afghanistan role coming

hints at leaving 10,000 troops in region

Cities try to restore wild urban rivers

More than half a century ago, millions were spent to tame the flood-prone channel, turning it into a straight sluice…

Rescued calf gets high-tech prosthetics

Hero, believed to be the nation’s first double-amputee calf with prosthetics, snuggles with his owner, Kitty Martin, in Houston. Martin…

Gasoline prices looking familiar

Stability wasn’t always the norm. Between 2003 and 2008 average retail gasoline prices more than doubled, reaching an all-time high…

Thai coup leaders summon academics, journalists

‘Time to think’ given as partial custody rationale

Pope Francis opens Mideast trip lamenting the conflict in Syria

in West Bank instead of Tel Aviv as a nod to Palestinians

Drive-by shooter kills 6 in California

Director says son was responsible for the rampage

Nation Briefs

President Obama to argue for avoiding overreach WASHINGTON – Confronting critics of his foreign policy, President Barack Obama soon will…

GOP tries to define Clinton

Republicans prepare for her presidential bid

Election under threat in eastern Ukraine

Russia’s Putin will work with election winner

World Briefs

Shiite pilgrims beat themselves as a sign of grief Saturday outside the holy Shiite shrine of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim, in…

For $200, you, too, might join this trip – sans any LSD

Psychedelic bus gears up for 50th anniversary ride

Black magic, curses turned to by these land-grab victims

Mountain gods, demons called upon by Myanmar locals

At least seven dead from attack on Somalia’s parliament building

didn’t reach assembled members inside

Reward offered for missing South Korea ferry owner

A man watches the TV news program about the reward being offered for information about Yoo Byung-eun Friday. South Korea…

Companies push safer credit cards

Credit and debit cards used issued by banks in Europe already use microchips, which offer better security protections for users.…

Few pleased with new law

President Barack Obama touts his health-care overhaul program as a success when it was announced that 8 million people had…

Nation & World Briefs

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama has nominated up-and-coming Democrat Julian Castro as the nation’s housing secretary. The move is part…

Crazy Horse Memorial sees change

Ziolkowski, who died Wednesday of cancer at age 87, had taken over leadership of the Black Hills tourist attraction that…

Putin says Russia will respect result of Ukraine vote

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, suggested Friday that the United States is pushing the European Union to impose new sanctions…

Obama picks Julian Castro for housing post

San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro will become one of the highest-ranking Hispanics in the administration if he is confirmed as…

Nation Briefs

WASHINGTON – The House on Thursday passed legislation to end the National Security Agency’s bulk collection of American phone records,…

May 22, 2014