By Laura King Los Angeles Times KABUL, Afghanistan – The Taliban scoffed Sunday at NATO plans to hand over most security responsibilities to Afghan forces in the coming three years while retaining an option to […]
By John Byrne Chicago Tribune CHICAGO – Former President George W. Bush, in town to promote his memoir, said he worries that the 9/11 attacks will become a “distant memory.” “One of the things that’s […]
Ramallah (dpa) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Thursday he would hold United States President Barack Obama to his declaration at the United Nations in September, when he expressed hope that the state of Palestine […]
By Tom Lasseter McClatchy Newspapers SEOUL, South Korea – The Obama administration suffered a major setback Thursday with the announcement that it couldn’t break the impasse over a long-anticipated U.S.-South Korean trade accord, continuing a […]
By Nadeem Sarwar dpa ISLAMABAD – Two U.S. drone strikes on Sunday killed at least 13 militants in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal region near Afghanistan, intelligence officials said. The attacks, about an hour apart, took place […]
By Russ Britt MarketWatch LOS ANGELES – Roughly half the candidates endorsed by Sarah Palin during the 2010 election season ended up winning their races, but a closer look at the contests indicates the former […]
By Ashley Powers Los Angeles Times LAS VEGAS – When Sen. Harry Reid introduced Michelle Obama on Monday, he referred to the first lady as “the closer.” Reid and Pennsylvania Senate hopeful Joe Sestak certainly […]
By Celia Rivenbark McClatchy-Tribune News Service Poor Joe Biden. A video gone viral and produced by Yahoo News shows a series of man-on-the-street interviews in which the majority of people asked couldn’t recall the name […]
By Henry Chu Los Angeles Times LONDON – Britain and Germany stepped up their aviation security measures Monday to try to close gaps exposed by last week’s airplane bomb scare. Both countries were layover points […]
Mike McCarthy Washington (dpa) – Iran’s use of a Russian-built nuclear reactor shows that the country does not need its own programme for producing nuclear fuel and enriched uranium, the US State Department said Tuesday. […]
By Dion Nissenbaum McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) TORKHAM, Afghanistan – For more than a week since a U.S. helicopter strike killed two Pakistan paramilitary soldiers, Pakistan has blocked scores of Western supply convoys on the vital […]
By Lawrence J. Haas WASHINGTON – No one should expect allies to always agree. The United States and Britain tangled over strategy during World War II, and the Soviet Union did not always see eye […]
By Geraldine Baum Los Angeles Times (MCT) NEW YORK – During his sentencing Tuesday to life in prison, Faisal Shahzad – a Pakistani immigrant who gave up a secure suburban life in America to become […]
By Michael Muskal Los Angeles Times (MCT) LOS ANGELES – Guess what television star is floating a political trial balloon (certainly inflated a bit with his own hot air), looking ahead to the 2012 presidential […]
By Kim Geiger Tribune Washington Bureau (MCT) WASHINGTON – More than two decades after President Ronald Reagan had a solar water heating system removed from the White House roof, President Barack Obama will become the […]
By Ron Grossman Chicago Tribune (MCT) CHICAGO – Some might assume that the idea of a Rahm Emanuel candidacy for mayor would be cause for celebration along Devon Avenue, the longtime rialto of Chicago’s Jewish […]
By Robert Faturechi Los Angeles Times (MCT) LOS ANGELES – Disneyland has agreed to allow a company intern to wear her religious headscarf at work, according to a Muslim rights group that intervened after the […]
By Chris Melzer and Niels C Sorrells New York (dpa) – Troubled starlet Lindsay Lohan, 24, announced on her Twitter account Saturday that she had failed her latest drug test and was prepared to appear […]
By Christi Parsons Tribune Washington Bureau (MCT) WASHINGTON – President Obama, who has worked to shield his daughters from the spotlight, will publish a children’s book later this fall framed as a letter from him […]
By Shelby Grad LOS ANGELES – Britney Spears is denying allegations in a sexual-harassment lawsuit filed by a former bodyguard alleging that she mistreated her two children, saying L.A. County social workers investigated and found […]
By Luisa Yanez MIAMI – The pastor of a Florida church announced Thursday he is calling off his plans to burn copies of the Quran on Saturday – the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. […]
By Michael A. Memoli Tribune Washington Bureau WASHINGTON – President Obama plans to mark the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks by attending a memorial service at the Pentagon, the White House said […]
By Liz Sly Los Angeles Times BAGHDAD – Two American soldiers were killed and nine were injured Tuesday when a man wearing an Iraqi army uniform opened fire on them inside an Iraqi commando compound […]
Pat Reber Washington (dpa) – Mark David Chapman, the man convicted of shooting the famous ex-Beatle John Lennon in 1980, was denied parole on Tuesday by a New York parole panel. Chapman was sentenced to […]
By Kate Linthicum Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES – The woman poses in front of a shining Dodge roadster, squinting into the sun. She wears a snow-white fur stole around her neck and an uneasy […]
By Joseph Ax The Record (Hackensack, N.J.) HACKENSACK, N.J. – Deep in the Vietnamese jungle, about 20 miles south of Da Nang, a military recovery team has spent weeks scouring a mountainside clearing, searching for […]
By William Spain MarketWatch NEW YORK – Burger King Holdings Inc. shares jumped nearly 25 percent Thursday, rallying as the fast-food giant said it will be gobbled up by investment firm 3G Capital for $24 […]
By Brian Cox Chicago Tribune CHICAGO – Skokie, Ill., police on Thursday were continuing to look for a burglar who broke into a home then continually apologized for the crime to a woman who happened […]
By Ned Parker Los Angeles Times BAGHDAD – In a crystal-chandeliered palace once occupied by Saddam Hussein, American and Iraqi leaders gathered Wednesday for the latest ceremony to herald an independent, democratic Iraq. But in […]
By Duaa Eldeib Chicago Tribune CHICAGO – It may not make for good conspiracy theory fodder, but a sunken Kennedy boat sure has a certain ring to it. River Maiden, a 59-foot steel boat registered […]
By Saeed Shah McClatchy Newspapers KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – U.S. forces lost 22 soldiers in Afghanistan, mostly to roadside bombs, since Friday, marking a bloody step-up in the insurgency as a major U.S.-led offensive seeks to […]
By Richard Winton LOS ANGELES _ A woman who attacked actor Leonardo DiCaprio with a broken beer bottle was ordered to stand trial Thursday. Aretha Wilson, 40, is accused of attacking DiCaprio with […]
By Jason Garcia ORLANDO, Fla. _ A New Hampshire family who witnessed the Feb. 24 death of a killer-whale trainer at SeaWorld Orlando has sued the company in state court in Orlando, claiming their […]
By Hudson Sangree and Queenie Wong SACRAMENTO, Calif. _ The landing didn’t seem so bad at first. There was a loud thud. The pilot said the plane had blown a tire, and people […]
By Andrew Blankstein and Richard Winton LOS ANGELES _ A man with two knives pounded on the door of Paris Hilton’s home Tuesday morning, according Los Angeles Police Department sources. The incident occurred […]
By Todd Spangler WASHINGTON _ A 22-year-old woman accused of hitting U.S. Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., in the face with a pie last week will have her case suspended while government investigators decide whether […]
San Francisco (dpa) – A concertgoer died in an apparent suicide when he jumped from the roof of an amphitheatre onto the stage where a folk music duo was performing, the San Francisco Chronicle reported […]
By Pat Curry and Jonathan Bullington CHICAGO _ Does this mean the honeymoon is over? Some of the guests attending a wedding reception at a Skokie banquet hall Wednesday night apparently didn’t hold […]
By Andrew Blankstein and Kate Linthicum LOS ANGELES _ Who was Jean M. Barrie, the woman whose steamer trunk stored for decades in the basement of an L.A. apartment building contained the mummified remains […]
By Liz Sly Los Angeles Times BAGHDAD – Iraqis danced in the streets when U.S. troops withdrew from their cities a little over a year ago. After the last American combat brigade trundled across the […]
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