Nation & World 4 women among NASA’s 8 new astronauts Among the lucky candidates: the first female fighter pilot to become an astronaut in nearly two decades. A female helicopter… June 17, 2013
Nation & World Obama’s immigration enforcement director to resign In an internal letter to colleagues on Monday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director John Morton announced he would depart the… June 17, 2013
Nation & World More possible Zimmerman jurors asked to return A defense attorney questioned a potential juror extensively about her views on the case and whether she was bothered by… June 17, 2013
Nation & World Marriage rate may be low, but more weddings predicted Cultural changes about whether and when to marry, the fact that two-thirds of first marriages are preceded by cohabitation and… June 17, 2013
Nation & World Newspaper: Snowden won’t return voluntarily to U.S. “The U.S. government is not going to be able to cover this up by jailing or murdering me,” he said.… June 17, 2013
Nation & World Supreme Court: Arizona citizenship proof law illegal A police officer keeps watch outside the Supreme Court in Washington on Monday. With a week remaining in the current… June 17, 2013
Nation & World Women in combat jobs coming soon Pentagon to start training them for new role by 2015 June 16, 2013
Nation & World Feds recover missing Nazi diary Alfred Rosenberg played a significant role in the slaughter of millions of Jews and other non-Aryans considered inferior under the… June 15, 2013
Nation & World Expedition hopes to find La Salle’s long lost ship Particularly intriguing was the tale of the Griffin, a vessel that La Salle built and sailed from Niagara Falls to… June 15, 2013
Nation & World IRS supervisor involved in scrutinizing forms from tea-party groups Holly Paz, who, until recently, was a top deputy in the division that handles applications for tax-exempt status, told congressional… June 15, 2013
Nation & World As U.S. considers no-fly zone in Syria, officials look to Iraq Officials in the Obama administration have pointed to the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq as a symbol of what can… June 15, 2013
Nation & World IRS scandal threatens health care Republicans see chance to limit agency’s funding June 15, 2013
Nation & World Google launches Web-beaming balloons Eighteen months in the works, the top-secret project was announced Saturday in New Zealand, where up to 50 volunteer households… June 15, 2013
Nation & World Moderate cleric named Iran’s new leader Passengers in a public bus flash victory signs in support of Iranian presidential candidate Hasan Rowhani, who was declared the… June 15, 2013
Nation & World Syrian troops capture suburb by major airport Protesters demonstrate against western intervention in Syria, outside the U.S. embassy in central London on Saturday.Lefteris Pitarakis/Associated Press The U.S.… June 15, 2013
Nation & World Montana water to help in climate-change study Daniel Green, a graduate student in the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University, was getting help last week… June 15, 2013
Nation & World Sick, poor feeling sequester too soon to measure full impact of budget cuts June 15, 2013
Nation & World Is new technology a danger installed in your car’s dashboard? Automakers have been trying to excite new-car buyers, especially younger ones, with dashboard infotainment systems that let drivers use voice… June 14, 2013
Nation & World After Albuquerque incident, Whole Foods revises policy Whole Foods Market Inc. Co-CEO Walter Robb said in a blog post Friday that the recent “unfortunate incident” in Albuquerque… June 14, 2013
Nation & World Iran’s battered reformers seek election rebound turnout suggests liberals did not stay home June 14, 2013
Nation & World Judge delays remedies in Arpaio profiling case In May, U.S. District Judge Murray Snow concluded that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s office has systematically singled out Latinos… June 14, 2013
Nation & World Flag-bearing skydivers swoop into Philadelphia The parachutists seemed to float in the air for a few minutes, then swooped down and landed about 20 feet… June 14, 2013
Nation & World Commander of Nazi-led unit lives in U.S. Michael Karkoc, 94, told American authorities in 1949 that he had performed no military service during World War II, concealing… June 14, 2013