Nation & World

Putin signs treaty to add Crimea to map of Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin, second right, is asking for China and India’s support in opposing Western sanctions imposed to protest…

March 18, 2014

Nation & World

Report: Pentagon must focus on insider threat

The Defense Department is looking at new steps to continuously review and limit the number of personnel who hold security…

March 18, 2014

Nation & World

Discovery gives us peek at ‘very beginning’

The temperature flucuations observed in this image of microwave background in the sky may be evidence that the universe expanded…

March 17, 2014

Nation & World

Jet search expands north, south; mystery persists

Malaysia’s acting Transport Minister Hishamuddin Hussein shows maps of where search-and-rescue operations are being carried out for a misisng Malaysia…

March 17, 2014

Nation & World

Obama announces sanctions on Russian officials

Pro-Russian people celebrate in the central square in Sevastopol, Ukraine, Sunday night after residents in Crimea voted overwhelmingly to secede…

March 17, 2014

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World/Nation Briefs

PARIS – Paris imposed drastic measures Monday to combat its worst air pollution in years, banning around half the city’s…

March 16, 2014

Nation & World

Putin to U.S.: It’s our way or the highway

Russians say the sanctions by Obama, West ‘absolutely ignore reality’

March 16, 2014

Nation & World

Here’s yet another uncertainty on missing plane

Malasia officials now say last communication was before blackout

March 16, 2014

Nation & World

National plan’s health may hinge on Texas

Texas is lagging behind other populous states in enrolling new people for health insurance. Sara Rodriguez of Houston is uninsured…

March 16, 2014

Nation & World

Crimeans vote to join Russia

Opponents call it cynical power play, a land grab

March 16, 2014

Nation & World

Nation/World Briefs

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration more often than ever censored government files or outright denied access to them last year…

March 15, 2014

Nation & World

Should rules be in place for drones?

U.S. industry doesn’t want to wait and lose out on any earnings

March 15, 2014

Nation & World

Malaysian police examine pilot’s flight simulator

Australia’s radar needed some alarm to trigger it into direct action

March 15, 2014

Nation & World

Florida getting ready for another spring break

Panama City Beach is preparing for the annual surge of college-age vacationers to crowd the local beaches during spring break.Andrew…

March 15, 2014

Nation & World

New media helps share weather news

National Weather Service forecasters say people should have at least three sources for getting news about tornados. The agency is…

March 15, 2014

Nation & World

Few see big threat from warming

The wide perceptual gap has existed since Gallup first asked the question 17 years ago, but it has narrowed slightly.…

March 15, 2014

Nation & World

Transgender troop ban faces scrutiny

Commission discounts medical reasons rule

March 15, 2014

Nation & World

Missing Malaysian jet creates legion of armchair sleuths

Vietnamese Air Force Col. Pham Minh Tuan uses binoculars onboard a flying aircraft last week during a mission to search…

March 15, 2014

Nation & World

American philanthropist funds rhino protection

A tourist vehicle approaches a rhinocerous near Kruger National Park in South Africa. Howard Buffett, a son of investor Warren…

March 15, 2014

Nation & World

World Briefs

CAIRO – Gunmen stormed an Egyptian army checkpoint outside Cairo early Saturday morning and killed six soldiers, officials said, in…

March 15, 2014

Nation & World

Syria conflict marks 3 years

5.5 million children are traumatized, UN says

March 15, 2014

Nation & World

Crimea goes to the polls today

West still condemns referendum on Russian annexation

March 15, 2014

Nation & World

Would you spend your spring break in Mexico?

Drug-war fears in the past years have cut into country’s border tourism

March 15, 2014

Nation & World

Where in the world has the Malaysian plane gone?

Its disappearance may have been deliberate

March 15, 2014