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Obama, Castro plan to meet

Leaders will discuss re-establishing ties

Poll hints at possible trouble for Clinton

Many want someone to challenge her for nomination

Large tornado causes significant damage in central Illinois

ROCHELLE, Ill. – At least one large tornado touched down Thursday night in central Illinois, causing significant damage and prompting reports of more than a dozen people rescued from a coll...

U.S., Russian war games rekindle Cold War tensions

AMARI AIR BASE, Estonia – Russia is so close that the F-16 fighter pilots can see it on the horizon as they swoop down over a training range in Estonia in the biggest ever show of U.S. air p...

Cuba may get wish: Off list

Obama hints he will drop country’s terror designation

Killing came as no surprise to city’s blacks

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. – The fatal shooting of an unarmed black man fleeing from a police officer has stirred outrage around the nation, but people in this South Carolina city aren’t surpri...

World & Nation Briefs

Prostitutes protest closure of windows AMSTERDAM – Scores of prostitutes have taken to the streets of Amsterdam to protest moves to rejuvenate the city’s famed Red Light District ...

Elder care costs keep climbing; nursing home bill now $91K

NEW YORK – The steep cost of caring for the elderly continues to climb. The median bill for a year in a nursing home is now $91,250, according to an industry survey out Thursday. ...

Regulators penalize PG&E $1.6 billion for pipeline blast

SAN FRANCISCO – California Public Utilities Commission voted Thursday to penalize Pacific Gas & Electric Co. $1.6 billion for a 2010 gas pipeline explosion that killed eight people and destr...

World Briefs

Bombing case defendant convicted BOSTON – Federal prosecutors Wednesday said they are “gratified” by the guilty verdict against Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and thank...

Officer is charged in shooting case

Video shows black suspect shot in back

Poll: Cubans expect ties to U.S. will help economy

HAVANA – Cubans overwhelmingly expect detente with the United States to alter their widely disliked economic system, according to a rare poll of 1,200 people across the island. Th...
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