VA hospitals facing lawmakers’ scrutiny

Department of Justice may be involved

Gasoline prices looking familiar

NEW YORK – The price of gasoline looks familiar this Memorial Day. For the third year in a row, the national average will be within a penny or two of $3.64 per gallon. Stability w...

Limited Afghanistan role coming

Obama hints at leaving 10,000 troops in region

Cities try to restore wild urban rivers

HOUSTON – The Buffalo Bayou is everything Houston city planners once despised: The small river that winds through glassy downtown hi-rises has gentle curves, a slow, meandering current and n...

Thai coup leaders summon academics, journalists

‘Time to think’ given as partial custody rationale

Pope Francis opens Mideast trip lamenting the conflict in Syria

Lands in West Bank instead of Tel Aviv as a nod to Palestinians

Drive-by shooter kills 6 in California

Director says son was responsible for the rampage

Nation Briefs

Washington, D.C. President Obama to argue for avoiding overreach WASHINGTON – Confronting critics of his foreign policy, President Barack Obama soon will outline a stra...

GOP tries to define Clinton

Republicans prepare for her presidential bid

Election under threat in eastern Ukraine

Russia’s Putin will work with election winner

World Briefs

Syria rebels, army agree on truce near key city BEIRUT – Syrian rebels and government forces have agreed to a truce in an opposition-held area near the central city of Homs, activ...

For $200, you, too, might join this trip – sans any LSD

Psychedelic bus gears up for 50th anniversary ride