Shiite group in Yemen frees American
French hostage pleads for help from France
DATE: Jun 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
World Briefs
Death toll passes 6,400 in Ukraine
BERLIN – The United Nations’ human rights office says the number of people killed in more than a year of fighting in eastern Ukraine has risen t...
DATE: Jun 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Solar Impulse sitting out weather in Japan
Sun-powered plane to continue globe-circling trip
DATE: Jun 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Don’t take a seat: Panel says you should stand for 2 hours
LONDON – Are you sitting down? In that case, you should probably stand up before reading this.
In the first advice of its kind, British experts are recommending office workers s...
DATE: Jun 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Lindsey Graham launches 2016 bid
CENTRAL, S.C. – South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham has kicked off his presidential campaign.
He launched his bid for the Republican presidential nomination in the small South Caro...
DATE: Jun 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
High court throws out conviction for Facebook threats
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Monday threw out the conviction of a Pennsylvania man convicted of making threats on Facebook but dodged the free speech issues that had made the case intri...
DATE: Jun 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
The rising costs of cancer
Doctors examine ways to keep it cheaper
DATE: May 31, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Nation Briefs
Jeb Bush: Paul ‘wrong’ about Patriot Act
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said that Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul is “wrong” on his efforts to end pos...
DATE: May 31, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
World Briefs
Egypt: 2,600 killed in political upheaval
CAIRO – At least 2,600 people were killed in violence in the 18 months after the military overthrew Egypt’s president in 2013, nearly hal...
DATE: May 31, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Refugees fear history is repeating in Burundi
‘No longer our home,’ people flee for Tanzania
DATE: May 31, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Sen. Paul stops phone-record collection
But program likely to be revived in days
DATE: May 31, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
