Heating costs expected to drop this winter
Agency predicts bills will be lowest in 4 years
DATE: Oct 6, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Nation Briefs
Gunman’s mom knew her son had weapons
PORTLAND, Ore. – The mother of a gunman who killed nine people and himself at an Oregon community college allowed her troubled son to have g...
DATE: Oct 6, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Cities work to be more ‘dementia friendly’
Minnesota leading effort to educate businesses
DATE: Oct 6, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Nation & World Briefs
Three share Nobel prize for fighting diseases
STOCKHOLM – The Nobel prize in medicine went Monday to three scientists hailed as “heroes in the truest sense of the word” for saving...
DATE: Oct 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Rain tapers, but water is rising in S.C.
Dams overflowing, some communities entirely cut off and lack drinking water
DATE: Oct 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Mass shootings conceal daily toll
22 shot to death every day in U.S.
DATE: Oct 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Federal watchdog reopening latest probe of Secret Service
WASHINGTON – The Homeland Security Department’s internal watchdog is reopening the investigation into efforts by the Secret Service to discredit a congressman who was investigating the agenc...
DATE: Oct 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Missing ship sank, 1 body found, search ongoing
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Coast Guard said Monday that a U.S. cargo ship carrying 33 people has been missing since it encountered high winds and heavy seas from Hurricane Joaquin and sank. On...
DATE: Oct 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Divisive social issues fill Supreme Court’s agenda
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court’s new term began Monday with no cross words between the justices, although a steady stream of divisive social issues awaits them in the coming months. ...
DATE: Oct 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Supreme Court to face politically charged docket
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court begins its new term on Monday under an election-year spotlight, with a chief justice who’s become a campaign issue and a docket that seems designed to remind A...
DATE: Oct 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Gas leak suspected after blast kills 1 in N.Y.
Gas line may not have been properly detached after stove removal in Brooklyn, authorities say
DATE: Oct 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Nation & World Briefs
Pentagon: Afghan situation ‘confused, complicated’
MADRID – U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Sunday promised a full and transparent investigation into whether a U.S. aircraft ...
DATE: Oct 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
