Better response helps reconnect pets, people
Since Katrina, rescue laws have changed
DATE: Aug 21, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Artists collect knots for papal art exhibit
PHILADELPHIA – Artists are finishing construction of an unusual exhibit they hope resonates with Pope Francis during his trip to Philadelphia and with people experiencing trouble in their da...
DATE: Aug 21, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
NRA training questioned
Group offering weapons courses to Indiana guard units
DATE: Aug 21, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Two Koreas trade military threats
U.S. temporarily halts exercises with South as tensions rise
DATE: Aug 21, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Nation Briefs
Jewish senator gives support to Iran deal
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama’s nuclear agreement with Iran gained momentum in Congress on Friday as a key Jewish Democrat from New...
DATE: Aug 21, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
First female Rangers get tabs
Graduates celebrate at ceremony
DATE: Aug 21, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Turkey’s leader sets new vote
ANKARA, Turkey – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday that the nation will hold an early election Nov. 1, after no group won a majority from voters in June and Erdogan’s party ...
DATE: Aug 21, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
World Brief
3 injured in attack on passenger train
PARIS – Three people were wounded, including two seriously, when a gunman opened fire with an automatic weapon on a high-speed train trav...
DATE: Aug 21, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Social media fills news gap
Poll: Black millennials going online
DATE: Aug 21, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
S.D. nurse embeds in colony life to transform health care
OLIVET, S.D. – A spaghetti dinner with people in prairie dress and a church service in German is all in a day’s work for Kerri Lutjens.
The 33-year-old nurse, who doesn’t speak G...
DATE: Aug 21, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Witnesses: IS militants destroyed ancient site
DAMASCUS, Syria – Islamic State extremists in Syria and Iraq are engaged in the “most brutal, systematic” destruction of ancient sites since World War II, the head of the UN cultural agency ...
DATE: Aug 21, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Unemployment stays low in U.S. states with nomination fights
WASHINGTON – Unemployment rates fell in 24 U.S. states last month, including some of those with early presidential nominating contests.
Jobless rates rose in 14 states and were u...
DATE: Aug 21, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
