In the clearest warning yet that Southern California could be due for a deluge, meteorologists said in a report last week that the already strong El Niño has a 95…
Angus Deaton greets people at Princeton University after it was announced that he won the Nobel prize in economics for improving understanding of poverty and how people in poor countries…
Iranian conservative lawmakers, such as Bijan Nobaveh Vatan, opposed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, the nuclear deal between Iran and world powers. Nevertheless, on Sunday Iran’s official IRNA news…
Carol Mead decorates her home for Halloween in Montrose, Pa. Mead, 67, is retired and her husband, 70, must work at a local rock quarry to close the gap from…
CAMARILLO, Calif. – The average price of gasoline has dropped half a cent over the past two weeks, to $2.34 a gallon. Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg reports Sunday that prices…
Relatives cry over the coffin of Korkmaz Tedik, 25, killed in Saturday’s bombing attacks, during his funeral on Sunday at the Pir Sultan Abdal Cemevi, a place of worship for…
Conservative caucus wants to see changes in way things are done
That offensive marked the first major air-and-ground assault since Moscow began its military campaign in Syria on Sept. 30. Russian officials say the airstrikes are targeting mainly Islamic State militants,…
Canadian artist’s works on display in U.S.
HONOLULU – Family and friends say 25-year-old Colin Cook lost most of his leg in a shark attack off Oahu’s North Shore. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports relatives identified the victim…
20 years after Million Man March, there is now a fresh call for justice
Turkish PM says deadly attacks were likely suicide bombings
In a 2-1 ruling, a panel of the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati put the regulations on hold nationwide until the court decides whether it has jurisdiction…
SAN FRANCISCO – Three young transients used a handgun that was stolen from an unlocked car to rob and kill a backpacking Canadian tourist in San Francisco then a yoga…
Wisconsin representative’s aid says Ryan not interested in speaker post
President visits with families of Oregon shooting victims
Gatti A 9-minute, obscenity-laced video clip posted online shows freshman Luke Gatti arguing with and eventually shoving the manager inside the university’s student union in Storrs on Sunday night. Police…
‘It’s pretty exciting, I’ve got to tell you’
Some of the nation’s largest pet companies already have moved away from such sales in favor of offering animals from shelters, and a vote this week added Salt Lake County…
Dr. Bryden Stanley, second from left, and Dr. John Girotto, left, senior DVM student Michele Moneyhun work during an operation on Mr. Moo to repair his severe cleft palate at…
In nearby Egypt, which had followed Tunisia in a democratic revolution, a coup had just overthrown the Islamist government, and some sectors in Tunisia wanted to follow suit. Then four…
PARIS – More than half of the world’s countries have failed to achieve gender parity in education for girls in primary and secondary schools, according to a new U.N. report.…
Military to focus on aiding groups already fighting
The general director of Doctors Without Borders, Christopher Stokes, said it would “show a distinct lack of courage” if none of the countries that are signatories to the International Humanitarian…
Chamber in ‘total confusion’ after McCarthy drops out
LONG BEACH, Calif.– Protesters and supporters filled a meeting room Thursday where a California commission was considering a vast expansion to the tanks that SeaWorld uses to hold killer whales…
Dr. J. Douglas Kirk, chief medical officer at UC Davis Medical Center, speaks to members of the media Thursday about the condition of Airman 1st Class Spencer Stone after surgery…
Lindahl, of the Francis Crick Institute in London, was honored for his discoveries on base excision repair – the cellular mechanism that repairs damaged DNA during the cell cycle. Modrich,…
