Ad

Obama meets with Hiroshima victims

President calls for world without nukes

U.S. consumer sentiment up in May to highest in nearly a year

WASHINGTON – Americans turned more optimistic about the economy in May than the previous month, buoyed by steady hiring and higher incomes. The University of Michigan said Friday ...

Clashes, oil blockades over France’s economic future

PARIS – Volley after volley of tear gas poisoned the Paris air Thursday, as authorities struggled against nationwide strikes and a groundswell of public anger at a high-stakes government att...

Delegates in hand, Trump says he’s got GOP nomination

BISMARCK, N.D. – With a triumphant pile of delegates in hand, Republican Donald Trump on Thursday claimed support from “almost everybody” in his party and turned his attention to his likely ...

Nation & World Briefs

Four shot, 1 dead at T.l. rap concert in New York NEW YORK – At approximately 10:15 p.m. Wednesday, four people – three men and a woman – were shot at Irving Plaza, a concert hall in Lower M...

WHO: Nearly 960 killed in attacks on hospitals in 2 years

WASHINGTON – Nearly 960 people have been killed worldwide in attacks on medical facilities in conflicts over the past two years, the World Health Organization said in a report Thursday that ...

Obama: World leaders rightfully ‘rattled’ by Trump

SHIMA, Japan – President Barack Obama said Thursday that foreign leaders are “rattled” by Donald Trump and have good reason to feel that way, as he accused the presumptive Republican preside...

Afghan Taliban pick cleric to head group

Breakaway faction unhappy with selection

World Briefs

Russia frees Ukraine pilot for two soldiers KIEV, Ukraine – Russia freed Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko on Wednesday after holding her for nearly two years, with President Vladimir Putin...

Japan’s leader won’t visit Pearl Harbor

Abe will push for end to nuclear arms

11 states suing to block LGBT rules

Several school districts fight transgender directive

House GOP faces first vote on Puerto Rico bill

WASHINGTON – House Republicans are attempting to hold together a rare bipartisan deal to help Puerto Rico manage its crippling finances as a committee considers the legislation on Wednesday....