Confederate flag bill clears first S.C. hurdle
Senate moves to remove symbol near Statehouse
DATE: Jul 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
New late-night hosts face 2016 politics
Who will humor us during campaign?
DATE: Jul 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Nation Briefs
Obama won’t back education proposals
WASHINGTON – The Obama administration says it cannot support either the Senate or the House versions of bills being considered this week to up...
DATE: Jul 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Iran demands end to arms embargo
VIENNA – A day before the new deadline for a nuclear accord, Iran pushed Monday to lift the United Nations arms embargo on the country as a parallel deal – a demand that the United States op...
DATE: Jul 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Traders say goodbye to exchange floors
Brokers recall the ‘rush’ and ‘roar’ as famed trading pits shut down
DATE: Jul 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Nation Briefs
Congress faces funding deadline
WASHINGTON – Members of Congress return from July Fourth fireworks and parades Tuesday facing a daunting summer workload and an impending deadline ...
DATE: Jul 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Calif. water rates rise
Cities lose money as drought prompts conservation
DATE: Jul 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
World Briefs
Poor likely to flock to see Pope in Ecuador
QUITO, Ecuador – History’s first Latin American pope returned to Spanish-speaking South America for the first time on Sunday, bringing ...
DATE: Jul 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Greeks reject demands for austerity measures
‘No’ side claims majority of vote
DATE: Jul 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
A new big dog in world of competitive eating
Matt Stonie tops Joey Chestnut in Nathan’s contest
DATE: Jul 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Nation Briefs
A new WWII museum showcases racism
NEW ORLEANS – About to be overrun by Germans, a young black lieutenant called in an artillery barrage on his own position, knowing he’d be kille...
DATE: Jul 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
World Brief
Egypt mourns on a somber anniversary
CAIRO – Two years to the day after the army overthrew Egypt’s Islamist president, the sounds coming from the mosque at Cairo’s Tahrir Square w...
DATE: Jul 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
