World Aug 13 Obama talks to Israel’s Netanyahu as cease-fire expires EDGARTOWN, Mass. -- President Barack Obama consulted by telephone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Wednesday as a 72-hour cease-fire in the Gaza Strip neared expiration. The AP also reports from Jerusalem that rocket fire into Israel came as Palestinian…
World Aug 12 U.S. drone destroys Iraqi militant mortar position WASHINGTON — U.S. military officials say an armed American drone has attacked and destroyed a mortar position of Islamic militants in northern Iraq.
Nation Aug 11 Police again disperse crowds in Ferguson with tear gas, rubber bullets St. Louis County police reportedly took stronger measures than the night before to disburse the crowds, stem potential looting and vandalism. Arriving in armored vehicles and showing more force than was visible on Sunday, the police urged residents to return…
World Aug 11 U.S. sends disaster relief team to Iraq Much of the assistance will go to thousands of members of an Iraqi religious minority group known as Yazidis who have been trapped on a mountaintop in northwest Iraq to escape certain death by Sunni militants with the Islamic…
Nation Aug 08 Obama signs $10.8 billion temporary highway funding bill The bill the White House says Obama signed Friday will keep the Highway Trust Fund solvent through May, when lawmakers will again be challenged to come up with longer-term funding.
World Aug 08 U.S. condemns renewed violence in Israel-Gaza The White House is condemning the renewed rocket fire in the conflict between Israel and militants in the Gaza Strip and urging both sides to cease hostilities immediately.
Politics Aug 06 How popular are these 9 potential presidential candidates? The new Associated Press-GfK poll offers a look at how nine potential 2016 presidential candidates appeal to the public.
Politics Aug 06 Michigan GOP US House incumbent loses primary Republican U.S. Rep. Kerry Bentivolio, considered by some to be an "accidental" congressman, was easily defeated Tuesday in a Michigan district and became the third U.S. House incumbent to lose his seat this year.
Health Aug 04 Ebola vaccine could be ready by July, says top health official Fauci tells "CBS This Morning" that human trials with volunteers will commence in September, and by July it should be ready.
World Aug 03 US: ‘Appalled’ by shelling of UN school in Gaza The United States said Sunday it is "appalled" by the "disgraceful" shelling by Israel of a United Nations school sheltering some 3,000 displaced people in southern Gaza.