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France OKs strikes against Islamic State PARIS – French lawmakers voted Wednesday to continue airstrikes in Syria against the Islamic State group that claimed responsibility for t...

Russia-Turkey tensions rise Putin sends anti-aircraft missiles to Syria

In a move raising the potential threat of a Russia-NATO conflict, Russia says it will deploy long-range air defense missiles to its base in Syria and destroy any target that may threaten its...

Reports fault U.S. for hospital attack

Some await discipline in Afghanistan strike

More optimism among middle class buoys U.S. consumer sentiment

WASHINGTON – Americans were more optimistic about their incomes and personal finances this month, particularly among lower and middle-class households, lifting consumers’ outlook. ...

Brussels schools reopen, manhunt ongoing for Paris suspects

BRUSSELS – As police armed with automatic weapons stood guard, schools and some subway stations in the Belgian capital reopened Wednesday for the first time since emergency measures were imp...

Efforts to enroll Hispanics for health coverage lagging

3-month enrollment season continues through January

Russia calls downing of jet ‘stab in the back’

ANKARA, Turkey – Turkey shot down a Russian fighter plane it said had crossed into its territory from Syria on Tuesday, killing at least one of the two pilots and marking the first time in h...

Highway safety chief says traffic deaths on the rise

DETROIT – After declining for most of the past decade, traffic deaths spiked 8 percent in the first half of this year, prompting a call from the nation’s highway safety chief to find ways to...

Paris terrorists planned second attack

Police raid may have stopped suicide bombing

World & Nation Briefs

Bus bombing kills 12 in Tunisian capital TUNIS, Tunisia – An explosion struck a bus carrying members of Tunisia’s presidential guard in the country’s capital Tuesday, killing at l...

Obama, Hollande pledge solidarity against Islamic State

WASHINGTON – Pledging solidarity after the Paris attacks, President Barack Obama promised Tuesday to work with France and other allies to intensify the U.S.-led campaign against the Islamic ...

In a first, booster returns safely to Earth

NEW YORK – A private space company announced Tuesday that it had landed a rocket upright and gently enough to be used again, a milestone in commercial aeronautics. Reusing rocket...
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