Suspected collaborators executed in Gaza Strip

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – One day after an intelligence coup enabled Israel to kill three top commanders of Hamas’ armed wing, as many as 18 Palestinians suspected of collaboration with Israel...

World Briefs

U.N. council condemns slaying of journalist UNITED NATIONS – The U.N. Security Council condemned the “heinous and cowardly” killing of American journalist James Foley and said the...

U.S. calls for Russia to pull back convoy

Ukraine calls entry of aid trucks ‘invasion’

Lawsuits challenge FAA drone, model aircraft rules

WASHINGTON – Model aircraft hobbyists, research universities and commercial drone interests filed lawsuits Friday challenging a government directive that they say imposes tough new limits on...

U.S. eyes expanded attacks

Obama aide: Islamic State’s bases in Syria may be targeted

Critics target president’s vacation

His record is better than recent predecessors

Nation Brief

Sen. Reid apologizes for jokes about Asians LAS VEGAS – Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid apologized Friday for jokes he made about Asians during a luncheon of business leaders in...

American Ebola doc urges help fighting outbreak

ATLANTA – As one of few Ebola survivors with medical expertise, Dr. Kent Brantly seems keenly aware of the position his painful experience has put him in. He hasn’t spoken yet about his plan...

Ferguson begins to calm

Governor tells National Guard to leave state

Of 163 arrests since shooting, 7 from Ferguson

FERGUSON, Mo. – Unrest in Ferguson since Michael Brown’s death has resulted in 163 arrests in the Ferguson area where protesters have gathered nightly, and although the majority of those arr...

Foley’s death isn’t changing views in Congress

WASHINGTON – For all its horror, the beheading of an American journalist in Syria appears unlikely to change lawmakers’ minds about military intervention against Islamic State extremists. It...

Thai junta leader named prime minister

Move to boost military’s control of government