Posts in category National & World

There are very good reasons why the abduction of some 300 teenage girls from their school in a remote area of Nigeria has captured international …

Editor’s note: The following is the text of an address given Saturday by the first lady Michelle Obama. The address is usually given by the …

WASHINGTON — The health care law has opened up an unusual opportunity for some mothers-to-be to save on medical bills for childbirth.

NEW YORK — Kristine McCormick has spent the years after the sudden death of her newborn trying to forget Mother’s Day exists. Cora was five …

RIVIERA BEACH — Riviera Beach officials are promising $11 an hour pay and a training program that will equip residents to benefit from a $375 …

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles chapter of the NAACP offered the same thing for Clippers owner Donald Sterling and civil rights advocate Leon Jenkins …

WASHINGTON  — The United States is sending technical experts to aid the Nigerian government’s search for nearly 300 teenage girls who were kidnapped from their …

FACTS How Mother’s Day began Anna Jarvis organized Mother’s Day observances in Grafton, W.Va., and Philadelphia on May 10, 1908. The annual celebration became popular …

NEW YORK (AP) — A mentally ill homeless former Marine who died in an overheated jail cell more than two months ago was a giving …

WASHINGTON (AP) – With the White House asserting that Russia is stoking instability in eastern Ukraine, President Barack Obama is once again faced with the …