Nation & World

‘At some point, we have to expect the worst’

Finding victims of mudslide could go on a long time

March 29, 2014

World Briefs

CAIRO – A court in Egypt’s second-largest city sentenced two supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi to death on Saturday…

March 29, 2014

Nation & World

Flurry of diplomacy raises hopes in Ukraine

Sec. Kerry to meet with Russia’s Lavrov today

March 29, 2014

Nation & World

Ugandan cleric ministers to gays

Despite new law, reverend ‘called to serve all people’

March 29, 2014

Nation & World

Magnitude-5.1 earthquake shakes Los Angeles

A car was overturned on a highway in the Carbon Canyon area of Brea, Calif., on Friday night after hitting…

March 29, 2014

Nation & World

Study: Young workers change jobs frequently

Since 1997, the department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics has been keeping tabs on about 9,000 young men and women born…

March 29, 2014

Nation & World

Pets suffer from domestic violence

More shelters taking them in

March 29, 2014

Nation & World

Iranian coffee lovers flock to new cafes

The number of cafes being closed in Iran because they violate “Islamic dignities” has dropped in recent months, suggesting that…

March 29, 2014

Nation & World

Toilet tech fair tackles global sanitation woes

These are lofty ambitions beyond what most of the world’s 2.5 billion people with no access to modern sanitation would…

March 29, 2014

Nation & World

Unlikely soda to show up at ballpark

As in soda pop. The Oakland A’s, a team widely known for thumbing its nose at conventions, will do it…

March 29, 2014

Nation & World

Nation/World Briefs

ARLINGTON, Wash. – A mountainside community waited in anguish Friday to learn the full scope of the Washington state mudslide…

March 28, 2014

Nation & World

Who’s hooking up with your dating data?

Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., introduced legislation Thursday requiring companies to get customers’ permission before collecting location data off their mobile…

March 28, 2014

Nation & World

Ousted Ukrainian leader seeks autonomy elections

The Russian Defense Ministry says the last of the Ukrainian servicemen have left the Crimea region and returned to Ukraine.…

March 28, 2014

Nation & World

Europe unveils Mars rover

The European Mars rover unveiled this week at a “Mars Yard” testing ground in Britain is designed to drill beneath…

March 28, 2014

Nation & World

Court hands setback to Texas abortion law critics

Abortion rights supporters demonstrate outside the Capitol auditorium in Austin, Texas, after Gov. Rick Perry signed sweeping abortion restrictions that…

March 28, 2014

Nation & World

Support for overhaul falling

A narrow majority of Americans believe President Barack Obama’s signature health-care overhaul law is in for more changes, according to…

March 28, 2014

Nation & World

Obama meets with Saudi king to reassure key ally

President Barack Obama is trying to mend fences with Saudi Arabia during a visit Friday with King Abdullah at Rawdat…

March 28, 2014

Nation & World

Insurance signups reach 6 million goal

The announcement – four days before open enrollment season ends Monday – fulfills a revised goal set by the Congressional…

March 27, 2014

Nation & World

House delays Medicare pay cuts

Congress is moving to adopt another 12-month patch for the Medicare payment system after the House voted Thursday to grant…

March 27, 2014

Nation & World

Nation Briefs

AUSTIN, Texas – A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld Texas’ tough abortion restrictions that have forced the closure of…

March 27, 2014

Nation & World

World Briefs

GENEVA – A U.N. panel has found serious shortcomings in the United States’ civil-rights record, with experts citing Thursday a…

March 27, 2014

Nation & World

Former defense secretary James Schlesinger dies

James Schlesinger is dead at 85. The onetime economics professor served three presidents in various capacities, including serving as defense…

March 27, 2014

Nation & World

IMF readies Ukraine loans

Russia urged United Nations to vote against a non-binding resolution affirming Ukraine’s territorial inte-grity, arguing that its annexation of Crimea…

March 27, 2014

Nation & World

Commanders fired in nuke missile cheating scandal

The Air Force is allowing Col. Robert Stanley II, commander of Malmstrom Air Force Base’s 341st Missile Wing, to resign…

March 27, 2014