Pope makes first South Korean visit in 25 years

SEOUL, South Korea – Pope Francis arrived Thursday in South Korea on the first papal visit to the Asian nation in a quarter century, stepping off a plane onto a red carpet and greeting the p...

Gay marriages could begin by next week in Virgina

RICHMOND, Va. – A federal appeals court refused Wednesday to delay its ruling striking down Virginia’s gay-marriage ban, which means that same-sex couples could begin marrying in the state a...

Obama weighing options for rescuing Iraqi refugees

EDGARTOWN, Mass. – President Barack Obama is considering a range of military options, including airlifts and creating safe passages, for rescuing thousands of Iraqi refugees trapped on a mou...

Few Nicaraguan children migrating to the U.S.

Many finding jobs in Costa Rica

Protests turn violent in St. Louis suburb

FERGUSON, Mo. – Protests in the St. Louis suburb rocked by racial unrest since a white police officer shot an unarmed black teenager to death turned violent Wednesday night, with some peopl...

Nation Brief

Deadline nears to fix health-care problems WASHINGTON – Hundreds of thousands of people who signed up under the new health-care law risk losing their taxpayer-subsidized insurance...

Lake Mead users fear worst

14-year drought threatens Southwestern water supplies

Alexander the Great-era tomb discovered

AMPHIPOLIS, Greece – Archaeologists excavating an ancient mound in northern Greece have uncovered what appears to be the entrance to an important tomb from about the end of the reign of warr...

World Briefs

Kerry urges help against terror threat CANBERRA, Australia – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday described a photograph of a Sydney-born 7-year-old boy clutching the sev...

Russian convoy spurs concerns in Ukraine, West

Officials fear aid may be cover

WHO backs use of untested Ebola drugs

Agency: World has ‘duty’ to test effectiveness

Hollywood legend Lauren Bacall dies

Stage, screen actress dead at age 89