All eyes on Ryan as House GOP looks to regroup
Wisconsin representative’s aid says Ryan not interested in speaker post
DATE: Oct 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Obama: Americans must ‘come together’ on gun crimes
President visits with families of Oregon shooting victims
DATE: Oct 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Connecticut university student arrested over mac and cheese
STORRS, Conn. – A University of Connecticut student faces criminal charges over a confrontation with a campus food court manager who wouldn’t let him buy macaroni and cheese with bacon and j...
DATE: Oct 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Wright house aimed at a wider audience rediscovered in Madison
‘It’s pretty exciting, I’ve got to tell you’
DATE: Oct 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Utah county bans pets from puppy mills
SALT LAKE CITY – Utah’s most populous county banned the sale of commercially bred dogs and cats in pet stores, joining a growing number of cities around the country in a step designed to red...
DATE: Oct 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Just like people, dogs need surgery to fix cleft palates
LOS ANGELES – Dogs, like people, can be born with cleft palates. Some die from pneumonia or malnourishment. Some with the defect, which is basically a hole in the mouth, are euthanized. ...
DATE: Oct 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Nobel Peace Prize boosts struggling Tunisian democracy
TUNIS, Tunisia – It was the fall of 2013 and Tunisia’s newfound democracy was in grave danger. The assassination of a left-wing politician had prompted the opposition to walk out of the cons...
DATE: Oct 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
World Briefs
U.N.: Most fail gender parity goal in education
PARIS – More than half of the world’s countries have failed to achieve gender parity in education for girls in primary and secondar...
DATE: Oct 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Pentagon giving up on building new Syrian rebel force
Military to focus on aiding groups already fighting
DATE: Oct 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Doctors group pushes for probe Charity seeks answers on hospital attack
KABUL, Afghanistan – A day after President Barack Obama apologized for a tragic U.S. airstrike that killed at least 22 people at a hospital run by Doctors Without Borders in northern Afghani...
DATE: Oct 8, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
House speaker’s race now wide open
Chamber in ‘total confusion’ after McCarthy drops out
DATE: Oct 8, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Nation & World Briefs
Hundreds attend SeaWorld meeting
LONG BEACH, Calif.– Protesters and supporters filled a meeting room Thursday where a California commission was considering a vast expansion to the...
DATE: Oct 8, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
