Nation & World

Israel’s Netanyahu completes formation of government

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday avoided being forced from office after reaching agreement with a small nationalist party…

May 6, 2015

Nation & World

More lone-wolf terror attacks expected

Social media spurring smaller plots by individuals

May 6, 2015

Nation & World

Are bungled VA claims systemic?

Senators want agency review

May 6, 2015

Nation & World

Germanwings co-pilot tested descents hours before crash

Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz, competing in a race in Hamburg, Germany, practiced programming a controlled descent on a flight two…

May 6, 2015

Nation & World

Experts doubt IS had role in attack

Terrorist group claims assault in Texas

May 5, 2015

Nation & World

Kerry: U.S. ‘returning’ to Somalia

Vows support for leaders

May 5, 2015

Nation & World

Huckabee to seek GOP presidential nomination

Huckabee HOPE, Ark. – Mike Huckabee declared his presidential candidacy Tuesday, counting on his brand of conservative populism to make…

May 5, 2015

Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

FAA approves drone for crop spraying FRESNO, Calif. – A drone large enough to carry tanks of fertilizers and pesticides…

May 5, 2015

Nation & World

Drivers want new safety technology

Survey shows fuel-saving features aren’t must-haves

May 5, 2015

Nation & World

Symphony tries to tune in young fans

Nightclub venue offers new take on concert halls

May 5, 2015

Nation & World

Blackbeard’s flagship causing new troubles in N.C.

RALEIGH, N.C. – Nearly 300 years after the pirate Blackbeard’s flagship sank off the North Carolina coast, a shipwreck-hunting company…

May 5, 2015

Nation & World

Astronaut brews up a space first

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The first Italian woman in space is now the world’s first orbiting barista. Over the weekend,…

May 5, 2015

Nation & World

California regulators approve new water restrictions

State officials reported Tuesday that California residents failed to meet Gov. Jerry Brown’s voluntary water-conservation targets in March.Rich Pedroncelli/Associated Press…

May 5, 2015

Nation & World

Energy-producing states blast Obama climate-change plan

The attorneys general of West Virginia and Oklahoma are attacking the Obama administration’s plans to curb carbon emissions from coal-fired…

May 5, 2015

Nation & World

Nation Briefs

Obama: Opportunities lack of minorities NEW YORK – In a deeply personal response to outbreaks of racially motivated protests, President…

May 4, 2015

Nation & World

World Briefs

Ethiopian Jews protest in Israel JERUSALEM – Israel’s black Jewish Ethiopian minority, plagued by poverty, crime, unemployment, racism and lack…

May 4, 2015

Nation & World

Nepal seeks foreign assistance after quake

Death toll reaches 7,300 in one of world’s poorest countries

May 4, 2015

Nation & World

Pentagon accused of withholding information about sex crimes

Defense Secretary Ash Carter speaks at the Pentagon during a news conference Friday about the Defense Department’s annual report on…

May 4, 2015

Nation & World

Accused gunman well-known to FBI

Social-media comments put Texan under suspicion

May 4, 2015

Nation & World

Nepal closes off its airport to big jets

Death toll climbs above 7,000

May 3, 2015

Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

Google and black colleges join up MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – Google is embedding engineers at a handful of Historically Black…

May 3, 2015

Nation & World

Baltimore mayor lifts curfew

Move comes 6 days after riots began

May 3, 2015

Nation & World

Poverty issues enter ’16 race

Obama requests ‘soul searching’ after U.S. riots

May 3, 2015

Nation & World

Wastewater company brews up contest

Brewers to make beer from sewage water

May 2, 2015