Kim praises country’s nuke tests
North Korean leader opens country’s first party congress in decades
DATE: May 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Meeting set to heal Trump-Ryan rift
GOP chairman doubtful talks will bring unity
DATE: May 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
World Briefs
Evacuation near fire in Alberta continuing
FORT MCMURRAY, Alberta – A massive convoy was under way Friday to move evacuees stranded at oil field camps north of fire-ravaged Fort McMurray, Al...
DATE: May 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
U.S. to take tougher tone on Israeli settlements
By MATTHEW LEE and BRADLEY KLAPPER
Associated Press
WASHINGTON – The United States will endorse a tougher tone with Israel in an upcoming international report that take...
DATE: May 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
AP source: Clinton aide interviewed in email investigation
WASHINGTON – The FBI has interviewed Huma Abedin, a close aide to Hillary Clinton, as part of a federal investigation into Clinton’s use of a private email server as secretary of state, a pe...
DATE: May 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
U.S. employers added 160K jobs in April; jobless rate 5 percent
WASHINGTON – U.S. employers pulled back slightly on hiring in April after a streak of robust monthly gains, adding 160,000 jobs, the fewest in seven months.
The unemployment rate...
DATE: May 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Mayors from big cities around globe push climate initiatives
WASHINGTON – The mayors of major cities from around the world are banding together to fight global warming by investing in public transportation and electric cars, planting trees and switchi...
DATE: May 5, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
FDA brings e-cigarettes under federal authority
WASHINGTON – New federal rules announced Thursday have the potential to upend the multibillion-dollar electronic cigarette industry just as it is attempting to position itself as an alternat...
DATE: May 5, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
L.A. man guilty in ‘Grim Sleeper’ serial killings
Penalty phase for Lonnie Franklin Jr. begins next week
DATE: May 4, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Survivors found 6 days after Kenyan building collapse
Pregnant woman loses baby; man dies on way to hospital
DATE: May 4, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Nation Briefs
NYC imposes 5-cent charge on plastic bags
NEW YORK – Every minute of every day, usually without thinking, thousands of New Yorkers reach across the counter at shops and supermarkets and acce...
DATE: May 4, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Egyptian blames ‘Tom and Jerry’ for Mideast violence
CAIRO – Add this to the list of reasons for violence and extremism in the Middle East.
“Tom and Jerry” cartoons.
That’s what the head of Egypt’s State Information Servi...
DATE: May 4, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
