Posts in category National & World

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama’s health care law is snarled in another big legal battle, with two federal appeals courts issuing contradictory rulings on …

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Civil rights leaders at the NAACP annual convention in Las Vegas on Tuesday worried that dwindling African-American turnout in November could …

JERUSALEM – Offering the first glimmer of hope for a Gaza cease-fire, the United States on Wednesday said negotiations to broker a truce between Israel …

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration said Tuesday it would present data from the U.S. intelligence community laying out what’s known about the Malaysia Airlines plane …

The NAACP announced that it will observe the third annual  Day of Unity on Sunday to focus on what the organization says are the social …

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Deep in the forests of southern Guinea, the first victims fell ill with high fevers. People assumed it was the perennial …

Jérôme Agyenim Boateng did not kick the winning goal in Germany’s World Cup victory over Argentina. That honor went to Mario Goetze, who scored in …

FRUITLAND PARK, Fla. (AP) – Two police officers are no longer with the city department here after a law enforcement report tied them to the …

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin was sentenced to 10 years in prison for bribery, money laundering and other corruption that …

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Navy has its first female four-star admiral. She is Michelle Janine Howard, promoted July 2 to the service’s highest rank. The …