Experts: Big El Niño may not end drought
But officials expect current one to be huge
DATE: Aug 14, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Nation Briefs
IS leader raped hostage, U.S. says
WASHINGTON – American hostage Kayla Mueller was repeatedly forced to have sex with Abu Bakr Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State group, ac...
DATE: Aug 14, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
World Briefs
Iraqis march in support of reforms
BAGHDAD – Thousands of people demonstrated in cities across Iraq on Friday to show support for a reform plan put forth by the prime minister th...
DATE: Aug 14, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Kerry urges change in Cuba
Hundreds of Cubans attend embassy opening
DATE: Aug 14, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Poll: Terror tops Americans’ foreign policy concerns
WASHINGTON – Few Americans want to see the United States take a more active approach to foreign policy, but the vast majority thinks it may be appropriate to take military action to achieve ...
DATE: Aug 14, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
DNA confirms Harding had out-of-wedlock child
WASHINGTON – First, DNA testing all but confirmed Thomas Jefferson bedded his slave Sally Hemings. Now it’s rewriting another chapter in presidential history, this one from the Roaring ‘20s....
DATE: Aug 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Nation Brief
Connecticut court halts executions
HARTFORD, Conn. – Three years after Connecticut abolished the death penalty for any future crimes, the state’s highest court on Thursday spared...
DATE: Aug 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Number of uninsured continues to drop
Public support for health-care law grows
DATE: Aug 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
World Briefs
Sweden drops cases against Assange
HELSINKI – Swedish prosecutors on Thursday dropped cases of lesser sexual misconduct against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange but said they stil...
DATE: Aug 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
FAA concerns about drone sightings are up
WASHINGTON – Pilot reports of drone sightings so far this year are more than double last year, government regulators say, raising concern about the potential for a deadly collision. ...
DATE: Aug 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Toll rises in China blasts
Residents upset by lack of reliable information
DATE: Aug 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
A fight to allow sleeping outside
Government says ban is unconstitutional
DATE: Aug 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
