Nation & World - The Durango Herald

Some snow piles remain in Buffalo

Dirty ice piles still remain months after freak storm

DATE: Jul 28, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Lawyers: Convicted spy Pollard to be paroled in November

WASHINGTON – Attorneys for Jonathan Pollard, who has served nearly 30 years in prison for spying for Israel, said Tuesday the U.S. has granted him parole and he will be released in November....

DATE: Jul 28, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

New York prison worker pleads guilty in escape of 2 killers

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. – A prison worker who was “in over her head” with two inmates convicted of murder tearfully pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges of aiding them by smuggling hacksaw blades and...

DATE: Jul 28, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Mental-health experts respond carefully to mass killings

NEW YORK – One psychiatry professor calls it “the conversation we’re stuck with,” a teachable moment growing out of horror. Each time mental illness is cited as a possible factor ...

DATE: Jul 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

NSA to destroy collected phone records

White House approves plan to stop using controversial data

DATE: Jul 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

El Niño is more than just weather

System can be bring wealth or recession to countries

DATE: Jul 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation Briefs

Boy Scouts end ban on gay leaders NEW YORK – The Boy Scouts of America have ended a blanket ban on gay adult leaders while allowing church-sponsored Scout units to maintain the ex...

DATE: Jul 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

World Briefs

Obama urges peace in South Sudan ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – President Barack Obama launched a personal push for peace in South Sudan on Monday, convening African leaders for urgent t...

DATE: Jul 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Lawmaker seeks removal of IRS chief

WASHINGTON – The Republican chairman of a powerful House committee called for the removal of the IRS commissioner Monday, saying he has obstructed congressional investigations into the treat...

DATE: Jul 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S., Turkey consider Syrian safe haven

Plan includes stepped up attacks on IS

DATE: Jul 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Colombia begins work to recover ‘disappeared’

Landfill may contain remains of hundreds of missing youths

DATE: Jul 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

New York Gov. Cuomo announces new LaGuardia Airport

NEW YORK– A year after comparing New York’s LaGuardia Airport to “some Third World country,” Vice President Joe Biden helped unveil an ambitious plan Monday to rebuild its collection of agin...

DATE: Jul 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World