WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate approved a bipartisan aviation policy bill Tuesday that would boost airport security, extend new protections to airline passengers and help… Continue reading
MANTA, Ecuador (AP) — Rescuers pulled three people out alive Monday after they had been trapped for more than 32 hours in the rubble of… Continue reading
WASHINGTON — Conservative Supreme Court justices expressed sharp skepticism about President Barack Obama’s immigration efforts Monday, leaving his actions to help millions of people who… Continue reading
LAS VEGAS — Two sons of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy and three other men refused Friday to enter pleas in federal court in Las Vegas… Continue reading
BARTLETT, Tenn. — Jackie Hughes longs to grieve over her sister’s death in simple ways: visit her grave, lay out flowers, and pour a can… Continue reading
PALMYRA, Syria — When Islamic State fighters overran the ancient Syrian town of Palmyra almost a year ago, Maha Abderrazak was among tens of thousands… Continue reading
CHANGSHA, China — For years, Chen Tiantian could only read about the gay rights movement in faraway places. She knew that there were activists in… Continue reading
SEOUL, South Korea — With cheap and ubiquitous access to the world’s fastest internet speeds and a lively democracy, South Korea’s cyberspace could flourish with… Continue reading
Procrastinators rejoice: tax day is a bit later this year and if you still can’t make that, there’s still time to file for an extension.The… Continue reading
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Republican Gov. Bill Haslam on Thursday vetoed a bill seeking to make Tennessee the first state to designate the Bible as… Continue reading
DETROIT — Detroit’s hard-pressed school system has found elevated levels of lead and copper in nearly a third of its elementary schools, contamination that one… Continue reading
SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft sued the U.S. government for demanding access to user emails or online files in secret, saying a provision of a 1986… Continue reading
LAGOS, Nigeria — With marches, chants and prayers, Nigerians marked Thursday’s painful second anniversary of the mass abduction of the Chibok girls, still angry and… Continue reading
BEIRUT — Syrian troops exchanged fire with rebels in the contested northern city of Aleppo on Thursday in a renewed bout of fighting that could… Continue reading
HIT, Iraq — After clearing a street of Islamic State fighters, Maj. Salam Hussein began moving house to house. Rifling through drawers in living rooms… Continue reading
TOKYO — At least two people were killed and 45 injured by a magnitude-6.5 earthquake that knocked down houses and buckled roads in southern Japan… Continue reading
TORONTO (AP) — Canada on Thursday introduced a new assisted suicide law that will apply only to citizens and residents, meaning Americans won’t be able… Continue reading
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — In a military buildup certain to inflame tensions with China, the United States said Thursday it will send troops and combat… Continue reading
LONDON (AP) — A woman from Wales cannot name her baby daughter Cyanide, a British court ruled Thursday.The woman, whose name cannot be published for… Continue reading
DALLAS — The government says more flights are arriving on time, airlines are canceling fewer flights, but passengers’ complaints are still rising.Meanwhile, a new survey… Continue reading
