Nation & World Briefs
Demonstrators outside the Triple S. convenience store in Baton Rouge, La., were encouraging passing motorists to honk to protest the shooting of Alton Sterling, 37, by Baton Rouge police.Gerald Herbert/Associated…
Demonstrators outside the Triple S. convenience store in Baton Rouge, La., were encouraging passing motorists to honk to protest the shooting of Alton Sterling, 37, by Baton Rouge police.Gerald Herbert/Associated…
House Speaker Paul Ryan said Wednesday that FBI Director James Comey will appear before a House committee Thursday to explain how his agency reached its decision not to recommend charges…
President Barack Obama announced Wednesday that the U.S. will leave 8,400 troops in Afghanistan when he completes his term, arguing America’s interests depend on helping Afghanistan’s struggling government fight continuing…
Probe calls into question her judgment, management
Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump signs autographs at a rally in Raleigh, N.C., Tuesday.Gerry Broome/Associated Press They’re seeking new supporters, spending money on TV ads, hiring staff and even setting…
Then British Prime Minister Tony Blair visited British soldiers in Basra, Iraq, 13 years ago. A new report could shed some light on what went wrong with the U.S.-led invasion…
House Speaker Paul Ryan said Tuesday he doubts the House will vote on proposed Democratic gun curbs.Carolyn Kaster/Associated Press file Ryan, R-Wis., said Democrats’ plans to broaden required background checks…
The FBI Tuesday announced it was recommending no charges be filed against Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton for using a private email system while serving as secretary of state.Chuck Burton/Associated…
WASHINGTON – Donald Trump is blaming the press for the fuss over an anti-Hillary Clinton tweet that appeared to depict the Star of David atop a pile of cash. It…
Dexmedetomidine suppresses flight-or-fight response
A Bangladeshi boy holds a Spiderman toy in one hand and a lighted candle in the other as he joins elders in paying tribute to those killed in the attack…
NEW YORK – A 19-year-old man suffered a serious injury to his left foot in Central Park on Sunday, police said, and the man’s friends told authorities he stepped on…
President Barack Obama makes phone calls Oct. 14, 2012, to volunteers at a Obama campaign office in Williamsburg, Va. The vaunted data-driven machine that twice got Obama elected is dusting…
It was the deadliest terror attack in Iraq in a year and one of the worst single bombings in more than a decade of war and insurgency, and it fueled…
Holocaust survivor ‘a messenger to mankind’
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – A mother in Tennessee has been charged with first-degree murder and child abuse and neglect in connection with the stabbing deaths of her four young children, authorities…
Mazzanti The Council on American-Islamic Relations said racial slurs were made by the attacker, though authorities said they had no immediate indication of any racially motivated comments. Authorities said, however,…
Jim Kennard, Roger Pawlowski and Roland Stevens said they recently found the wreck of the Royal Albert in deep water off Fair Haven, 35 miles northwest of Syracuse. The western…
Trump: His opponent’s use of private system undermines her fitness for office
ISTANBUL – Fifty-two people are still in the hospital four days after suicide bombers attacked Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport, killing at least 44 others, the city’s governor said Saturday. The governorate…
“Remain” supporters near Park Lane in London, before marching to Parliament Square to show their support for the European Union in the wake of the referendum decision for Britain to…
Joshua Brown posted a video in April of his new Model S Tesla electric car, in which he credited the car’s Autopilot system with preventing an accident when a truck…
Fireworks injure thousands of Americans
Hofer RAMALLAH, West Bank – A Palestinian gunman ambushed a family traveling in a car in the West Bank on Friday, killing an Israeli man and wounding his wife and…
A U.S. drone strike killed Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansoor earlier this year, but several rights groups say U.S. drone strikes are killing hundreds of civilians every year.Rahmat Gul/Associated…
NASA’s Juno spacecraft, seen in an artist’s rendering, will arrive at Jupiter on Monday, five years after being launched from Earth.NASA/JPL-Caltech via Associated Press Glimpses of Jupiter have been beamed…