Posts in category National & World

By SETH SLABAUGH The Star Press MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — One hundred fifty years ago, Robert Townsend, an African-American man from Indiana, enlisted in the …

By DAVID McFADDEN PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — President Michel Martelly is defending much-criticized elections in divided Haiti and asserts that the opposition has spread unsubstantiated allegations …

By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer NEW YORK — The police killings of unarmed blacks in Ferguson, Missouri, and elsewhere  –  and the investigations and …

By TRISNADI MARJAN and MARGIE MASON SURABAYA, Indonesia — The plane sought permission to climb above threatening clouds. Air traffic control couldn’t say yes immediately — there was …

By ABDI GULED NAIROBI, Kenya — A leader with the Islamic extremist group al-Shabab, who had a $3 million bounty on his head, surrendered in Somalia, …

By LAURA WIDES-MUNOZ Associated Press MIAMI  — Hours before President Barack Obama announced an end to a half-century of U.S. efforts to isolate Cuba’s communist …

As a young boy growing up in “colored town” west of the railroad tracks in Dania I lived through the great flood of 1947 that …

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 …