World Jul 03 Sunni militants seize towns and key oil field in Syria Sunni militants under the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant took over more towns in Syria near the border with Iraq on Thursday, working to expand their claim on the area after declaring a new Muslim state, or caliphate.
Arts Jul 02 Author Walter Dean Myers dies at 76 Young adult and children's author Walter Dean Myers has died at age 76.
World Jun 30 Bodies of missing Israeli teenagers discovered in field Israeli soldiers searching for three Israeli teenagers, who disappeared June 12 in the West Bank, found three bodies believed to be of the missing teens, a senior Israeli government official said Monday.
Nation Jun 30 Supreme Court rules some employers with religious objections can refuse to pay for contraception The justices' 5-4 decision Monday is the first time that the high court has ruled that profit-seeking businesses can hold religious views under federal law. And it means the Obama administration must search for a different way of providing free…
Nation Jun 30 Live: SCOTUS rules on Hobby Lobby case Watch here for reactions and statements outside the Supreme Court this morning. We're expecting the court's ruling on the Hobby Lobby case any moment.
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World Jun 26 U.S. loses to Germany, advances to next round Team U.S.A. lost to Germany during Thursday's World Cup match. Both teams will advance to the next round.
Politics Jun 25 Clinton sees America from new focal length While promoting her new book, “Hard Choices,” former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that she’s been enjoying traveling around the country. “It’s a great way to become immersed again in what’s going on in my own country, because for…
World Jun 24 60 girls and women abducted in Nigeria, reports claim A local official confirmed to the Associated Press that 60 girls and women and 31 boys were abducted by extremists in weekend attacks on villages in northeast Nigeria. The news agency reports that Nigerian security forces have denied the abductions…
Nation Jun 23 Strong earthquake triggers tsunami warning off Alaska coast A tsunami warning has been issued for parts of Alaska's Aleutian Island chain after a magnitude-7.1 earthquake, the Associated Press reports. The U.S. Geological Survey recorded the earthquake at 12:53 p.m. local time Monday.