Ky. clerk rejects bid to avoid jail
Most deputies will issue marriage licenses to gays
DATE: Sep 3, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Judge to move forward with suit over NSA’s bulk collection
WASHINGTON – A federal judge said Wednesday he plans to push ahead with a challenge to the National Security Agency’s bulk collection of telephone data on hundreds of millions of Americans, ...
DATE: Sep 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
China marks Japan WWII defeat, shows rising power in parade
BEIJING – Tanks, missiles and troops in lock-step filed past Beijing’s iconic Tiananmen Square in a massive parade Thursday commemorating Japan’s World War II defeat 70 years ago and underli...
DATE: Sep 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
In Alaska, Obama becomes 1st president to enter the Arctic
KOTZEBUE, Alaska – President Barack Obama crossed the Arctic Circle on Wednesday in a first by a sitting U.S. president, telling residents in a far-flung Alaska village that their plight sho...
DATE: Sep 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
U.S. report notes other Fergusons are possible
WASHINGTON – The police response to unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, last summer offers lessons in how not to handle mass demonstrations, according to a Justice Department report that warns suc...
DATE: Sep 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Senator No. 34 backs Iran deal
Commitment ensures accord is veto proof
DATE: Sep 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Nation & World Briefs
Court asked to review Texas abortion law
WASHINGTON – Texas abortion clinics are asking the Supreme Court to take up a major case about abortion rights in the midst of the 2016 pr...
DATE: Sep 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Does Denali measure up to Mount McKinley?
Mountain is 10 feet shorter than thought
DATE: Sep 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Hungary bars migrants from trains; smugglers wait in wings
BUDAPEST, Hungary – Hungary stunned migrants and European partners Tuesday by blocking asylum-seekers from its westbound trains, a move that raised new challenges for the EU’s passport-free ...
DATE: Sep 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Carter, in folksy talks, describes U.S. military of future
WASHINGTON – Defense Secretary Ash Carter used a speech and a wide-ranging exchange with troops on social media sites Tuesday to press his agenda for change in the military, signaling his ea...
DATE: Sep 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
President visits melting glacier
Obama blames ice’s rapid retreat on worsening climate change
DATE: Sep 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Kentucky clerk refuses to heed courts on gay marriage
MOREHEAD, Ky. – Invoking “God’s authority,” a county clerk denied marriage licenses to gay couples again Tuesday in direct defiance of the federal courts and vowed not to resign, even under ...
DATE: Sep 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
