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Body may be missing Iowa teenager

DAYTON, Iowa – Residents of a small central Iowa city and its surrounding communities said Saturday they’re saddened at the discovery of a body in a river believed to be that of a ...

Houston area gets free guns

Nonprofit supports the program

World Briefs

3 Americans dead in Afghanistan attack KABUL, Afghanistan – A man in an Afghan army uniform turned his weapon on American trainers working with him in the country’s east...

Swedish Princess Madeleine weds N.Y. banker

STOCKHOLM – Swedish Princess Madeleine fell in love in the Big Apple. Now she has said “yes” to New York banker Christopher O’Neill in a lavish and emotional wedding cere...

Turkey PM: No early elections

Thousands are protesting in Instanbul

Vet: Pets are in pain? Give them medical pot

LOS ANGELES – Until she introduced “magic cheese” to her sick and aging bulldog, Laura Bugni-Daniel watched him suffer for two years. He’d spend his days lying down or th...

Obama defends phone program

‘Nobody is listening to your telephone calls’

175,000 jobs added in May

WASHINGTON – More Americans hunted for jobs in May, and more companies filled them – signs of confidence and resilience for the slow-healing U.S. economy. The 175,000 jo...

Police: Gunman kills six in Santa Monica shootings

One suspect dies, another in custody

Nation Briefs

Man faces 329 charges in abduction case COLUMBUS, Ohio – A man accused of holding three women captive in his run-down home in Cleveland for a decade and fathering a child wit...

Iowa gov. may need to OK Medicaid abortion funding

DES MOINES, Iowa – Catholic, anti-abortion Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad could soon find himself in an uncomfortable position: He may have to sign off on payments for every Medicaid-funded a...

Syrian troops capture 2 villages from rebels

Hezbollah has helped tip the balance of power to Assad