Teen birth rate hits all-time low
Decline led by 50 percent drop among Hispanics and blacks
DATE: Apr 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Airstrike destroys Syrian hospital
Fears increase of ‘catastrophic’ turn in fighting
DATE: Apr 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
House committee votes to require women to register for draft
Bill’s author does not back his own legislation
DATE: Apr 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Ted Cruz picks Carly Fiorina as his running mate
Trump calls move ‘pure waste of time’
DATE: Apr 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Suicide bombing targets tourist area in Turkey
ISTANBUL – A female suicide bomber blew herself up in a historic district of Turkey’s fourth largest city on Wednesday, wounding 13 people, according to officials.
The assailant w...
DATE: Apr 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
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Ex-House speaker receives prison time
CHICAGO – Dennis Hastert, the Republican who for eight years presided over the House and was second in the line of succession to the presidency, was sen...
DATE: Apr 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
High Court could overturn political corruption case
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court seems likely to overturn the conviction of Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell on political corruption charges and place new limits on the reach of federal bribery law...
DATE: Apr 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Former House speaker sentenced to more than a year in prison
CHICAGO – Dennis Hastert, the Republican who for eight years presided over the House and was second in the line of succession to the presidency, was sentenced Wednesday to more than a year i...
DATE: Apr 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Trump, Clinton enjoy another big night
Billionaire sweeps primaries in five states
DATE: Apr 26, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Millennial generation becomes largest group in U.S.
The term “millennial” comes with many different connotations.
They like socialism. They don’t eat breakfast cereal. They save more money than previous generations. They enjoy a wo...
DATE: Apr 26, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Democratic front-runner close to locking up party nomination
PHILADELPHIA – Hillary Clinton added four more states to her victory column Tuesday night, strengthening what’s rapidly becoming an all-but-unstoppable march to the Democratic presidential n...
DATE: Apr 26, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
N. Korea almost completes nuclear test preparation
SEOUL, South Korea – South Korea’s president said Tuesday that North Korea has almost completed preparations for a fifth nuclear test, and the country has reportedly placed a new midrange mi...
DATE: Apr 26, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
