Nation & World - The Durango Herald

Justices far from being tech savvy, Kagan says

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Elena Kagan says she and her fellow Supreme Court justices aren’t the most tech savvy group of people and still communicate with each other the same way they did when she ...

DATE: Aug 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Medical care costs rise more than wages

Workers saw a modest rise in the average cost of employer-sponsored health insurance this year, but they’re probably not overwhelmed with relief. Coverage costs still are climbi...

DATE: Aug 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation Briefs

Teenager arrested in Georgia school shooting DECATUR, Ga. – A teen was in custody Tuesday, accused of firing shots from an assault rifle at an Atlanta-area elementary school where...

DATE: Aug 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Near drowning discussed by Italy astronaut

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The Italian astronaut who nearly drowned in his helmet during a spacewalk last month is sharing more details about the terrifying experience, revealing how he felt al...

DATE: Aug 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

CIA admits Iran coup role

The CIA, in recently declassified documents, has formally acknowledged that the spy agency helped to plan and execute the coup in Iran in 1953 that overthrew the democratically elected prime...

DATE: Aug 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Prosecutors end Hasan case

FORT HOOD, Texas – Military prosecutors rested their case Tuesday against the Army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people during the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood. After c...

DATE: Aug 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

World Briefs

‘Dramatic’ decision promised in talks JERUSALEM – Israel will make “dramatic decisions” to reach a final peace agreement that will end the conflict with the Palestinians, Israel’s...

DATE: Aug 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Iran Foreign Ministry to handle nuclear talks

TEHRAN, Iran – Iran’s Western-educated foreign minister will take the lead in nuclear talks with world powers, an Iranian diplomat said Tuesday, in a sign the Islamic Republic may seek a les...

DATE: Aug 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

White House studies cutting aid to Egypt

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration, undertaking a major review of U.S. relations with Egypt, edged closer to a decision Tuesday about curtailing some of America’s $1.5 billion in annual a...

DATE: Aug 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Ex-Pakistani leader faces murder charges

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan – In an unprecedented ruling that tests the military’s aura of inviolability, a court indicted former president and army chief Pervez Musharraf Tuesday on murder charges...

DATE: Aug 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

States predict more insurance customers

WASHINGTON — Estimates from 19 states operating health insurance exchanges to help the uninsured find coverage show that at least 8.5 million will use the exchanges to buy insurance, a USA T...

DATE: Aug 19, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Benghazi aftershocks affecting U.S. policy in Egypt

WASHINGTON – The specter of Benghazi is affecting U.S. policy in coup-wracked Egypt. The attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi that killed the American ambassador and left thre...

DATE: Aug 19, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World