National Guard on border, but not Perry’s 1,000

McALLEN, Texas – In coming weeks, Texas National Guardsmen on two separate missions will be working along the Texas-Mexico border in South Texas. One, dubbed “Operation Strong Saf...

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Critics say program ‘militarizing’ local forces

Russia denies entering Ukraine

Aid mission remains mired in drama

Nation & World Briefs

Grand jury indicts Perry in abuse-of-power case AUSTIN, Texas – Texas Gov. Rick Perry has been indicted for abuse of power after carrying out a threat to veto funding for state p...

45 years later, Woodstock continues to signify freedom

BETHEL, N.Y. – The artist Jan Sawka in August 1969 was in a military punishment camp in his native Poland. A leader in the nation’s student protest movement against the communist government,...

Supervalu becomes latest to suffer data breach

NEW YORK – A data breach at Supervalu may have impacted as many as 200 of its grocery and liquor stores and potentially affected retail chains recently sold by the company in two dozen state...

Texas’ Perry indicted for coercion for veto threat

AUSTIN, Texas – A grand jury indicted Texas Gov. Rick Perry on Friday for abusing the powers of his office by carrying out a threat to veto funding for state prosecutors investigating public...

Indian senior community part of a growing niche

TAVARES, Fla. – When Arun and Usha Pancholi were deciding where to spend their retirement years, they wanted a place that combined the culture and camaraderie of life in India with the comfo...

Richard Nixon’s back! (At least on Twitter)

NEW YORK – If you believe the media reports, Richard Nixon suffered a stroke in 1994 and died days later at age 81. He is buried in his native Yorba Linda, California, silent as the country ...

New safety words rule the pool

Words have power, and a new drowning-prevention effort says that doing away with misleading terminology such as “water safe” and “waterproofing” in swimming and water-safety programs is need...

Police: Teen shot by cop suspect in recent robbery

FERGUSON, Mo. – The police in Ferguson broke their weeklong silence Friday and identified the officer involved in the fatal shooting of an unarmed African-American teenager, as demanded by p...