Posts in category National & World

By JOSH LEDERMAN HONOLULU — President Barack Obama rang in 2014 by declaring a “year of action,” vowing to strengthen the nation by focusing on fairness, …

By ERIC TUCKER WASHINGTON — North Korea is experiencing widespread Internet outages. One expert says the country’s online access is “totally down.” It’s not immediately clear …

By JULIE PACE and MATTHEW LEE WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama announced the re-establishment of diplomatic relations with Cuba on Wednesday and declared an end to America’s “outdated …

By REBECCA SANTANA and RIAZ KHAN PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — The Taliban massacre that killed 148 people, mostly children, at a military-run school in northwestern Pakistan left a …

By NICK PERRY SYDNEY — Tearful Australians laid mounds of flowers at the site where two of 17 hostages were killed Tuesday when police swooped into a …

By RIAZ KHAN PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Taliban gunmen stormed a military-run school in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Tuesday, killing 126 people, officials …

By KRISTEN GELINEAU SYDNEY (AP) — Five people escaped from a Sydney cafe where a gunman took an unknown number of hostages during Monday morning rush …

SOUTH FLORIDA — The United States continues to reel from the social and political fallout of decisions not to prosecute white police officers in the …

By NEDRA PICKLER Special to South Florida Times WASHINGTON (AP) —President Barack Obama said Monday he wants to ensure the U.S. isn’t building a “militarized …

By JOHN HEILPRIN GENEVA (AP) — All senior U.S. officials and CIA agents who authorized or carried out torture like waterboarding as part of former President …