Searching for Cervantes
Forensic xperts digging for Don Quixote’s author’s bones
DATE: Jan 24, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
A ‘credible’ threat turns up no bombs
Two airplanes grounded, searched in Atlanta
DATE: Jan 24, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
U.S. home sales rise in December
WASHINGTON – More Americans purchased homes in December, yet total sales slipped in 2014 as first-time buyers struggled to find houses.
The National Association of Realtors said F...
DATE: Jan 23, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Impact of Cuba policy unclear
U.S. officials: Verdict out on if it will help Cubans
DATE: Jan 23, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
NASA spacecraft nears end of years-long journey to Pluto
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – It’s showtime for Pluto.
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has traveled 3 billion miles and is nearing the end of its nine-year journey to Pluto. Sunday, it be...
DATE: Jan 23, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Vaccine deniers stick together
Study shows many of them may share ZIP codes, too
DATE: Jan 23, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Health-care website tightens data rules
Government to restrict sharing of users’ personal information
DATE: Jan 23, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Kerry: Extremists aren’t Islamic
DAVOS, Switzerland – Violent extremists who are killing children and others in Iraq, Syria, Nigeria and other parts of the world may cite Islam as a justification, but the West should be car...
DATE: Jan 23, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Nation Briefs
Obama to try to build new ties with India
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama arrives in India this weekend anxious to take another step in moving the world’s two largest democrac...
DATE: Jan 23, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
World Briefs
Ukrainian rebels launch new attacks
DONETSK, Ukraine – Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine rejected a previously signed peace deal Friday and announced a new multi-pronged offen...
DATE: Jan 23, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Old phone unveiled after 100 years
SAN FRANCISCO – In true San Francisco irony, smartphones were used Thursday to snap pictures of a historic phone that was used to make the first coast-to-coast phone call 100 years ago. ...
DATE: Jan 23, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Prayers said for Japanese hostages held by Islamic militants
TOKYO – Prayers were offered Friday at Tokyo’s largest mosque for two Japanese hostages threatened with beheading by Islamic militants who had demanded a $200 million ransom for their releas...
DATE: Jan 23, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
