El Niño is more than just weather
System can be bring wealth or recession to countries
DATE: Jul 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Nation Briefs
Boy Scouts end ban on gay leaders
NEW YORK – The Boy Scouts of America have ended a blanket ban on gay adult leaders while allowing church-sponsored Scout units to maintain the ex...
DATE: Jul 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
World Briefs
Obama urges peace in South Sudan
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – President Barack Obama launched a personal push for peace in South Sudan on Monday, convening African leaders for urgent t...
DATE: Jul 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Lawmaker seeks removal of IRS chief
WASHINGTON – The Republican chairman of a powerful House committee called for the removal of the IRS commissioner Monday, saying he has obstructed congressional investigations into the treat...
DATE: Jul 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
U.S., Turkey consider Syrian safe haven
Plan includes stepped up attacks on IS
DATE: Jul 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Colombia begins work to recover ‘disappeared’
Landfill may contain remains of hundreds of missing youths
DATE: Jul 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
New York Gov. Cuomo announces new LaGuardia Airport
NEW YORK– A year after comparing New York’s LaGuardia Airport to “some Third World country,” Vice President Joe Biden helped unveil an ambitious plan Monday to rebuild its collection of agin...
DATE: Jul 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
High costs plague some state-run health insurance markets
WASHINGTON – State-run health insurance markets that offer coverage under President Barack Obama’s health law are struggling with high costs and disappointing enrollment. These challenges co...
DATE: Jul 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Americans with Disabilities Act changes millions of lives
NEW YORK – Five days before he was to start college, Fred Maahs’ world turned upside down. Off the Delaware coast in 1980, on the last day of summer vacation, the 18-year-old took a dive fro...
DATE: Jul 26, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Nation & World Briefs
U.S. gas prices down a penny in 2 weeks
CAMARILLO, Calif. – The average price of gasoline has dropped a penny over the past two weeks to $2.82 a gallon.
Industry analys...
DATE: Jul 26, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Fiat Chrysler to buy back 500K trucks
Recall also includes record $105M fine
DATE: Jul 26, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Turkey calls for NATO meeting to discuss security threats
ANKARA, Turkey – Turkey on Sunday called for a meeting of its NATO allies to discuss threats to its security and its airstrikes targeting Islamic State militants in Syria and Kurdish rebels ...
DATE: Jul 26, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
