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Airstrike destroys Syrian hospital

Fears increase of ‘catastrophic’ turn in fighting

House committee votes to require women to register for draft

Bill’s author does not back his own legislation

Ted Cruz picks Carly Fiorina as his running mate

Trump calls move ‘pure waste of time’

Suicide bombing targets tourist area in Turkey

ISTANBUL – A female suicide bomber blew herself up in a historic district of Turkey’s fourth largest city on Wednesday, wounding 13 people, according to officials. The assailant w...

Nation & World Briefs

Ex-House speaker receives prison time CHICAGO – Dennis Hastert, the Republican who for eight years presided over the House and was second in the line of succession to the presidency, was sen...

High Court could overturn political corruption case

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court seems likely to overturn the conviction of Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell on political corruption charges and place new limits on the reach of federal bribery law...

Former House speaker sentenced to more than a year in prison

CHICAGO – Dennis Hastert, the Republican who for eight years presided over the House and was second in the line of succession to the presidency, was sentenced Wednesday to more than a year i...

Trump, Clinton enjoy another big night

Billionaire sweeps primaries in five states

Millennial generation becomes largest group in U.S.

The term “millennial” comes with many different connotations. They like socialism. They don’t eat breakfast cereal. They save more money than previous generations. They enjoy a wo...

Democratic front-runner close to locking up party nomination

PHILADELPHIA – Hillary Clinton added four more states to her victory column Tuesday night, strengthening what’s rapidly becoming an all-but-unstoppable march to the Democratic presidential n...

N. Korea almost completes nuclear test preparation

SEOUL, South Korea – South Korea’s president said Tuesday that North Korea has almost completed preparations for a fifth nuclear test, and the country has reportedly placed a new midrange mi...

Saudi Arabia looks to tourists

Country plans to open Mideast kingdom to select visitors