North Korea test-fires another missile
U.S., allies vow to curb country’s nuclear program
DATE: Apr 1, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Obama hails Iran deal as a model for nuclear diplomacy
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama hailed the nuclear deal with Iran on Friday as a “substantial success” and a model for future diplomacy, as world leaders took stock of the world’s most w...
DATE: Apr 1, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Steady hiring spurs more job hunts, rate rises to 5 percent
WASHINGTON – U.S. employers shrugged off signs of weak growth and extended their long stretch of steady hiring in March, adding 215,000 jobs.
The unemployment rate ticked up – to ...
DATE: Apr 1, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Trump’s abortion flub shows risks of ‘winging it’ on policy
APPLETON, Wis. – It was a question sure to come up at some point in the Republican primary campaign.
“What should the law be on abortion?” asked MSNBC’s Chris Matthews to Donald T...
DATE: Mar 31, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Obama, Xi vow to narrow differences
Sides say they will work closely on North Korea
DATE: Mar 31, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Nation Briefs
3 hurt in bus station shooting; shooter dead
RICHMOND, Va. – A gunman shot a Virginia state trooper Thursday at a busy bus terminal in the capital city of Richmond before he was shot dead by...
DATE: Mar 31, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
World Briefs
18 go blind after cataract surgery
SAO PAULO – Eighteen Brazilians were left blind after surgeons apparently used unsterilized instruments during a cataract treatment campaign in an industri...
DATE: Mar 31, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Obama, Asian leaders to huddle on North Korea nuclear threat
WASHINGTON – Working to display a united front, the United States and key Asian countries will seek Thursday to put more pressure on North Korea as world leaders open a nuclear security summ...
DATE: Mar 31, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
7Alaska first-graders accused of plot to poison classmate
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Three first-graders in Alaska’s largest city plotted to kill a fellow student with silica gel packets that the girls believed was poison, authorities said Wednesday. ...
DATE: Mar 30, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Trump’s ‘woman problem’ is one for GOP
Many say he’s hurting efforts to attract more female voters
DATE: Mar 30, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
World leaders tackling threat of nuclear terrorism
WASHINGTON – Still reeling from attacks in Brussels and Paris, world leaders are wrestling this week with the chilling prospect of the Islamic State group or other extremists unleashing a nu...
DATE: Mar 30, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Study heats up sea level concerns
Antarctica ice melt may cause oceans to rise faster than thought
DATE: Mar 30, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
