Politics Sep 27 Convicted ex-congressman James Traficant dies at 73 James Traficant, the colorful Ohio politician whose conviction for taking bribes and kickbacks made him only the second person to be expelled from Congress since the Civil War, died Saturday. He was 73.
World Sep 26 IMF approves $130 million for Ebola stricken countries The International Monetary Fund has approved $130 million in emergency aid to Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone to help these West African countries respond to the Ebola outbreak.
World Sep 24 U.S. airstrikes hit Islamic State staging area in Syria WASHINGTON — A Pentagon spokesman says the United States executed two airstrikes Wednesday on an Islamic State group staging area in eastern Syria.
World Sep 21 UN Ambassador: Other countries support fight against Islamic State The United States' ambassador to the United Nations says other nations are pledging support for the fight against Islamic State group militants.
Politics Sep 18 Obama ‘pleased’ Congress voted to arm Syrian rebels President Barack Obama says a bipartisan Senate vote to authorize arming and training Syrian rebels shows the world that Americans are united in combating the Islamic State group.
World Sep 15 U.S. reopens embassy in Central African Republic The State Department says it's reopening the U.S. Embassy in the Central African Republic. Operations had been suspended since December 2012 because of sectarian violence.
Nation Sep 15 DOJ launches pilot program to counter violent extremists Attorney General Eric Holder says in a video message released Monday that the pilot programs will involve religious leaders, prosecutors and community representatives.
Nation Sep 14 Obama condemns Islamic State group killing of British aid worker President Barack Obama on Saturday condemned as a "barbaric murder" the slaying of British aid worker David Haines by Islamic State extremists.
Nation Sep 07 AP analysis: Police across country short on Hispanic officers An analysis by The Associated Press found that the racial gap between black police officers and the communities where they work has narrowed over the last generation, particularly in departments that once were the least diverse. But a much larger…
Nation Sep 05 Republican support for over-the-counter birth control roils Colorado Senate race Democratic Sen. Mark Udall is going after his opponent's proposal to make birth control an over-the-counter drug. Udall brought Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and the national president of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund to a suburban Denver battleground where female…