SLOVYANSK, Ukraine – Pro-Russian insurgents commandeered six Ukrainian armored vehicles along with their crews and hoisted Russian flags over them Wednesday, dampening the central government’s hopes of re-establishing control over…
President Barack Obama says Americans need to decide whether they are willing to do what’s necessary to train its workforce for future jobs. Obama joined Vice President Joe Biden Wednesday…
NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen is urging Russia to pull back its troops along the Ukraine border. The military alliance Wednesday said it will increase its military presence in the…
Protesters stand outside the Red River Valley Women’s Clinic in Fargo, N.D., the target of a state law that banned abortions as early as six weeks into a pregnancy. A…
The young adults who volunteered for the study were not dependent on pot, nor did they show any marijuana-related problems. “What we think we are seeing here is a very…
WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court Tuesday upheld the Environmental Protection Agency’s first emission standards for mercury and other hazardous air pollutants from coal- and oil-fired power plants. In its…
Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx is pushing a White House proposal to shore up the government’s Highway Trust Fund, which funds highway maintenance and improvement projects. Foxx is touring several states…
An imprecise snapshot of political giving is coming into focus as outside organizations detail their fundraising and spending through March 31. The enormous sums of money do not capture what…
A group of women demonstrate outside the House of Representatives to protest Congress’ failure to reform America’s immigration policies. Immigration activists and Latino groups are pushing President Barack Obama to…
Historical documents and analysis of skeletons buried at Columbus’ short-lived settlement in what is now the Dominican Republic hint that the colonists suffered from severe scurvy, which is caused by…
France’s ambassador to the United Nations, Gerard Araud, left, says U.N. Security Council members raised some questions about the credibility of photos showing alleged torture victims in Syria. Forensic pathologist…
Crews prepare to launch an autonomous underwater vehicle into the Indian Ocean as the search for wreckage from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 continues. The U.S. Navy’s Bluefin 21 began searching…
German power provider RWE says it has started supplying gas to Ukraine, which faces delivery cut-off from its main source Russia.Martin Meissner/Associated Press The reverse-flow deliveries from Germany via Poland…
VIENNA – The United Nations will release a report this week certifying that Iran’s ability to make a nuclear bomb has been greatly reduced because it has diluted half of…
Ukraine’s ex-prime minister and presidential candidate Yulia Tymoshenko says Russia has declared war against Ukraine by supporting pro-Russian militias in eastern Ukraine. The Ukrainian government Tuesday said its troops had…
“This day will always be hard, but this place will always be strong,” former Mayor Thomas Menino told an invitation-only audience of about 2,500 people at the Hynes Convention Center,…
Pro-Russian activists are continuing to occupy government buildings in several east Ukraine cities despite a Monday morning deadline for them to leave the government offices. Acting President Oleksandr Turchynov is…
President Barack Obama is promising federal help in an investigation of a shooting at a Jewish community center and a retirement complex near Kansas City that left three dead. Obama…
Pro-Russian area letting itself be heard, seeking independence
VALPARAISO, Chile – Helicopters and airplanes dumped water on wildfires and the smoldering wreckage of hilltop neighborhoods around Valparaiso for a third consecutive day on Monday as sailors in riot…
Both support keeping U.S. troops in the country
Nev. rancher contests BLM authority over his land, cows
IRS budget cuts, responsibilities have hampered effort – or has it?
LOS ANGELES – A pair of rhinestone earrings Marilyn Monroe wore to a 1955 Hollywood film premiere have sold at auction for $185,000. Julien’s Auctions said in a statement Sunday…
Authorities respond the Jewish community center after a shooting in Overland Park, Kan., on Sunday.KSHB41 Action News/Associated Press Overland Park Police Chief John Douglass said at a news conference Sunday…
What they uncovered was a large-scale methamphetamine ring that had found a home in a state long known for its small-town solitude, its slow pace and peaceful pastures. The members…
Russia calls on West to end ‘Kiev’s escalation’ of crisis
Pro-Russian activists build barricades in front of the city government headquarters in Makeyevka, about three miles from Donetsk, Ukraine, on Sunday. Ukraine’s President Oleksandr Turchynov said Sunday he will deploy…
But Hutto then saw what Eddie smelled: a homemade bomb, partially buried in the dirt. It was six inches from Hutto’s foot. A short time later, Eddie sniffed out another…
