Nation & World

Obama pushes renewable energy

Environmental groups are hailing President Barack Obama’s Thursday announcement that he is ordering federal agencies to expand their use of…

December 5, 2013

Nation & World

Kerry to present security plan in Mideast visit

Yuval Diskin, a former director of the Israel Security Agency, Shin Bet, says Israel’s continued occupation of Palestinian lands poses…

December 4, 2013

Nation & World

Ancient DNA raising hopes

The feat surpasses the previous age record of about 100,000 years for genetic material recovered from members of the human…

December 4, 2013

Nation & World

FAA has road map for drones, but is behind schedule

FAA Administrator Michael Huerta released the five-year road map a month ago, which projected 7,500 unmanned aircraft in the skies…

December 4, 2013

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Harvard poll: 57% of millennials disapprove of Obamacare

The new poll shows that Obama’s approval rating with 18- to 29-year-olds now stands at 41 percent, a dramatic 11-point…

December 4, 2013

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Lawyer: Engineer in ‘daze’ before NYC train crash

A train passes by the scene of repair efforts at the site of a train derailment in the Bronx borough…

December 4, 2013

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Nation/World Briefs

HARTFORD, Conn. – As gunfire boomed over and over in the background, a janitor begged a 911 dispatcher to send…

December 4, 2013

Nation & World

Authorities find missing cobalt

Authorities believe a cargo truck containing highly dangerous radioactive material was not targeted by terrorists. The truck was taken from…

December 4, 2013

Nation & World

Report: Cellphone tracking pervasive

computer program crunches data to find patterns of relationships

December 4, 2013

Nation & World

U.S.-China talks reach no consensus on air zone row

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden is in China. After a state welcoming ceremony hosted by Chinese Vice President Li Yuanchao,…

December 4, 2013

Nation & World

Obama targets income gap

President Barack Obama is promising to devote the remainder of his second term to trying to restore economic opportunity for…

December 4, 2013

Nation & World

Texas executes man for corrections officer’s death

Inmate Jerry Martin is the last Texas inmate scheduled to be executed in Texas this year. Martin was executed Tuesday…

December 3, 2013

Nation & World

North Korea’s treatment of American veteran called ‘bizarre’

South Korean media, quoting the South Korean intelligence agency, reported that North Korean Kim Jong Un’s 67-year-old uncle – long…

December 3, 2013

Nation & World

Judge says he broke ethics code

District Judge G. Todd Baugh says he shouldn’t be removed from the bench because of comments he made about a…

December 3, 2013

Nation & World

Obama’s uncle to stay in U.S.

Onyango Obama, President Barack Obama’s Kenyan-born uncle, says the United States is “the land of opportunities.” Onyango Obama was allowed…

December 3, 2013

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Nation Briefs

ALBANY, N.Y. – An animal rights group is asking New York courts to recognize scientific evidence of emotional and cognitive…

December 3, 2013

Nation & World

Health website worries grow

Acting IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel says his agency can effectively monitor the Prime Tax Credit program to ensure that health…

December 3, 2013

Nation & World

House renews ban on plastic guns

On a voice vote, the House passed a bill to renew the Undetectable Firearms Act for another decade. The Senate…

December 3, 2013

Nation & World

Clinton questions spying on leaders

“I think there ought to be very explicit rules on listening in on conversations of world leaders,” Clinton said in…

December 3, 2013

Nation & World

Engineer’s focus target of probe

Investigators are looking into whether Metro-North Railroad engineer William Rockefeller was not paying attention to the train, which was going…

December 3, 2013

Nation & World

Biden urges caution in Japan-China feud

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden says China and Japan need “effective channels of communication” to avoid a miscalculation because of…

December 3, 2013

Nation & World

World Briefs

LONDON — The editor of the Guardian said Tuesday that his newspaper has published just 1 percent of the material…

December 3, 2013

Nation & World

Palestinians say Iran deal sets peace precedent

Palestinian officials are calling for the international community to bring pressure to bear on Israel to get a peace agreement…

December 3, 2013

Nation & World

Judge clears way for Detroit bankruptcy

Judge Steven Rhodes says he will not “lightly or casually” accept the city of Detroit’s proposals to shed some of…

December 3, 2013