WASHINGTON – The Obama administration ordered the Syrian government Tuesday to suspend its diplomatic and consular missions in the United States, requiring all personnel who are not legal U.S residents…
Russian President Vladimir Putin, second right, is asking for China and India’s support in opposing Western sanctions imposed to protest Russia’s role in backing Crimea’s independence drive. Putin Tuesday signed…
The Defense Department is looking at new steps to continuously review and limit the number of personnel who hold security clearances at defense installations. A new report Tuesday said last…
The temperature flucuations observed in this image of microwave background in the sky may be evidence that the universe expanded rapidly just after the Big Bang. A team of researchers…
Malaysia’s acting Transport Minister Hishamuddin Hussein shows maps of where search-and-rescue operations are being carried out for a misisng Malaysia Airlines flights.Vincent Thian/Associated Press French investigators arriving in Kuala Lumpur…
Pro-Russian people celebrate in the central square in Sevastopol, Ukraine, Sunday night after residents in Crimea voted overwhelmingly to secede from Ukraine and join Russia. The United States and Europe…
PARIS – Paris imposed drastic measures Monday to combat its worst air pollution in years, banning around half the city’s cars and trucks from its streets for a day in…
Russians say the sanctions by Obama, West ‘absolutely ignore reality’
Malasia officials now say last communication was before blackout
Texas is lagging behind other populous states in enrolling new people for health insurance. Sara Rodriguez of Houston is uninsured but says she won’t sign up for insurance because she…
WASHINGTON – The Obama administration more often than ever censored government files or outright denied access to them last year under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act, according to a…
U.S. industry doesn’t want to wait and lose out on any earnings
Australia’s radar needed some alarm to trigger it into direct action
Panama City Beach is preparing for the annual surge of college-age vacationers to crowd the local beaches during spring break.Andrew Wardlow/ Associated Press file photo But if your impression of…
National Weather Service forecasters say people should have at least three sources for getting news about tornados. The agency is testing how effective social media can be to help spread…
The wide perceptual gap has existed since Gallup first asked the question 17 years ago, but it has narrowed slightly. Today, 36 percent believe that global warming will seriously affect…
Vietnamese Air Force Col. Pham Minh Tuan uses binoculars onboard a flying aircraft last week during a mission to search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight in the Gulf of…
A tourist vehicle approaches a rhinocerous near Kruger National Park in South Africa. Howard Buffett, a son of investor Warren Buffett, has pledged nearly $24 million for protecting rhinos from…
CAIRO – Gunmen stormed an Egyptian army checkpoint outside Cairo early Saturday morning and killed six soldiers, officials said, in what amounted to an escalation by militants on military targets…
Drug-war fears in the past years have cut into country’s border tourism
Its disappearance may have been deliberate
Exceptions may need to be carved out for use by departments
But with its myriad uses, departments are wrangling over several major policy considerations and their implications on privacy and officer liability. Q: When do you turn them on/off? The biggest…
Brennerdu1-i-syn Comedian David Brenner, ‘Tonight Show’ favorite, dies LOS ANGELES – A spokesman for the family of comedian David Brenner says the “Tonight Show” favorite has died. He was 78.…
Study identifies ‘multiplier effect’ on emotions
Stony Brook University students Ruby Escalera-Nater, left, and Will Addison fill a bag of food to give to guests at the college’s recently opened food pantry.Frank Eltman/Associated Press “I was…
