Justices cast doubts on affirmative action
Texas case could affect all university programs
DATE: Dec 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
World & Nation Briefs
Trump visit causing problems in Israel
JERUSALEM – Israel’s prime minister on Wednesday rejected Donald Trump’s recent statements about Muslims, saying Israel “respects all religi...
DATE: Dec 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Alaska governor proposes state’s first income tax in decades
JUNEAU, Alaska – Alaska Gov. Bill Walker has proposed instituting a personal income tax for the first time in 35 years as the oil-dependent state looks to plug a multibillion-dollar budget d...
DATE: Dec 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
FBI: California shooters radicalized at least 2 years ago
WASHINGTON – The two San Bernardino shooters were radicalized at least two years ago and had discussed jihad and martyrdom as early as 2013, one year before they married, FBI Director James ...
DATE: Dec 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Senate clears major new education bill, sends it to Obama
WASHINGTON – With an overwhelming show of support, the Senate has passed and sent to President Barack Obama a massive education bill that would return to the states significant control ove...
DATE: Dec 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Nation & World Briefs
New questions arise about hospital strike
WASHINGTON – Two servicemen have told Congress that American special forces called in an air strike on a hospital in Afghanistan because ...
DATE: Dec 8, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Poll: Republicans wary of immigrants
Most say U.S. lets in too many from Mideast
DATE: Dec 8, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Cardinal: If climate talks stall, pope may gently intervene
LE BOURGET, France – If international climate talks really stall, don’t be surprised if there might be an ever-so-slight intervention by Pope Francis.
Cardinal Peter Turkson, pres...
DATE: Dec 8, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Trump shrugs off GOP rejections of proposal to ban Muslims
MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. – Donald Trump is standing by his call to block Muslims from entering the United States, even as the idea draws condemnation from rival Republican presidential candidate...
DATE: Dec 8, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Researchers: Obesity can by reduced by legalizing medical marijuana
Want to take a bite out of the American obesity epidemic? Legalize medical marijuana.
That’s the counterintuitive finding of a new study in the journal Health Economics. Researche...
DATE: Dec 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Kendrick leads Grammys with 11 nominations
NEW YORK – Kendrick Lamar is the king of the Grammys: The rapper is the leading nominee for the 2016 awards with 11, including album of the year for “To Pimp a Butterfly” and song of the yea...
DATE: Dec 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
FBI: California shooters had been radicalized ‘for quite some time’
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. – The couple who carried out the San Bernardino massacre had been radicalized “for quite some time” and had taken target practice at area gun ranges, in one case withi...
DATE: Dec 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
