Category: World

MISSOURI VALLEY – Two men have been charged following an incident that occurred Saturday afternoon when a shotgun slug was fired into an occupied home while deer hunting. Stephen Kenkel, 64, of

President Obama’s schedule for Monday, December 10th, 2012: All times are Eastern Standard Time (EST). 9:45 AM: The President and the Vice President receive the Presidential Daily Briefing 10:50 AM: The President departs

DES MOINES – A Nebraska teenager sustained a shotgun blast to the back of his head while pheasant hunting Saturday with his father in Page County. Ryan Rearick, 18, of Omaha, Neb.,

AMES, Iowa – Dec. 10, 2012 – The Iowa Department of Transportation, in coordination with the Federal Railroad Administration and Illinois Department of Transportation, has scheduled in-person public hearings and online, self-directed

From the FBI: According to statistics released today by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 6,222 criminal incidents involving 7,254 offenses were reported in 2011 as a result of bias toward a particular

AMES, Iowa – Dec. 5, 2012 – The annual Iowa Bicycle Summit will be held Jan. 25 and 26, 2013, at the Veterans Memorial Community Choice Credit Union Convention Center in Des

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. unemployment rate edged down to 7.7 percent in November. The number of unemployed persons, at 12.0 million, changed little. Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rates

Officials in Los Angeles last week released the autopsy of the famous rap star Notorious B.I.G, years after his murder, CNN has reported. Also known as “Biggie Smalls,” and Christopher Wallace, the

By Jeremy Roebuck, The Philadelphia Inquirer – PHILADELPHIA — Penn State University’s goal of settling claims from Jerry Sandusky’s sexual-abuse victims before the end of the year now appears unrealistic, attorneys for

By Kim Murphy, Los Angeles Times – SEATTLE — More than 100 hard-core tokers gathered under the Space Needle at the stroke of midnight to light one up in celebration of Washington

By Shashank Bengali, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency acknowledged Thursday that inspectors had made no progress in a yearlong effort to determine

By Juan O. Tamayo, The Miami Herald – MIAMI — Israel’s Haaretz newspaper has reported that beleaguered Syrian President Bashar Assad is studying the possibility of seeking political asylum in Cuba, Venezuela

By Don Lee, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — After months of delays, Congress finally passed a trade bill with Russia. And perhaps no one was as deeply moved as investor William

By Barrie Barber, Dayton Daily News – WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio — Air Force officials started hunting this week for obscene material in all work areas at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.

By Mark Brunswick, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – MINNEAPOLIS — Six months short of graduation, West Point cadet Blake Page resigned over what he says is a culture that promotes prayer and religion

By Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times – BEIRUT — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton indicated Wednesday that Washington is as concerned about Syria’s chemical weapons falling into the hands of Syrian

By Ellen Cruz – MANILA, Philippines — An estimated 325 people have been killed by Typhoon Bopha in the central and southern Philippines, with 411 injured and 379 missing, officials said Thursday.

By Herb Jackson and Melissa Hayes, The Record (Hackensack, N.J.) – HACKENSACK, N.J.—The White House is preparing to ask Congress for an extra $60 billion in disaster aid after Superstorm Sandy, the Senate’s

MANILA — The number of people who have died in the Philippines as a result of the powerful Typhoon Bopha has risen to at least 127, with more than 200 others still

By Edmund Sanders, Los Angeles Times – JERUSALEM — Israel took another step Wednesday toward developing a highly sensitive plot of West Bank land, submitting construction plans for nearly 3,400 units of new

By Amina Khan and Rosie Mestel, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — NASA officials announced plans to build a new rover that would join Curiosity and Opportunity on the Red Planet’s surface

Kathy Lynn Gray, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio – Michelle Phillips couldn’t believe what she was seeing. A wriggling brown puppy, locked in a crate, was slowly sinking into the chilly water of Dry

Larry Oakes and Curt Brown, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – ST. CLOUD – Stearns County prosecutors have released Ryan Michael Larson without charges in the shooting of Cold Spring police officer Tom Decker. Authorities

By Sheera Frenkel, McClatchy Newspapers – JERUSALEM — Unshaken by rising international criticism, Israeli officials confirmed Tuesday that they plan to proceed with two new settlement construction projects, including development in a highly

By Juan O. Tamayo, The Miami Herald – MIAMI — Cuba’s offer to swap U.S. government subcontractor Alan Gross for five Cuban spies convicted in Miami is not at all acceptable to

By Ellen Cruz – MANILA, Philippines — More than 50 people were killed Tuesday, and some 57,000 displaced, as Typhoon Bopha hit the southern Philippines, with strong winds and heavy rains also

By Nancy A. Youssef and Amina Ismail, McClatchy Newspapers – CAIRO — Protesters Tuesday night stormed onto the grounds of the Egyptian presidential palace in a dramatic escalation of the crisis over Egyptian

By Tiffany Hsu, Los Angeles Times – Hostess Brands Inc., in the midst of winding down its business, is hoping Thursday that a federal bankruptcy judge approves up to $1.75 million in bonuses

By Jonathan S. Landay and Hannah Allam, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama warned the embattled leader of war-torn Syria on Monday not to use chemical weapons against rebels fighting

By Eryn Brown, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Voyager 1, the spacecraft famous for beaming back striking photos of Jupiter, Saturn and their moons more than 30 years ago, has

By Matt Pearce, Los Angeles Times – The man accused in the Fort Hood shootings may get to keep his beard. A military judge’s “duel of wills” with Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan

By Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — Thelma Smith was visiting her mother’s South Side home Friday night to talk about a birthday party in memory of her son, Samuel Clay,

By Barbara Demick and Jung-Yoon Choi, Los Angeles Times – BEIJING — North Korea announced Saturday that it will send a long-range rocket into space this month, trying to make up for a

By Neela Banerjee, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — The loss of ice covering Greenland and Antarctica has accelerated over the past 20 years, contributing substantially to sea level rise, according to a

By Eryn Brown, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — The Grand Canyon may be much older than widely believed, according to a new study that challenges the view that the American landmark

By Sheera Frenkel, McClatchy Newspapers – JERUSALEM — Israeli officials had long known that they would be on the losing end of the U.N. General Assembly’s vote on whether to grant Palestine official

Gregg Hennigan, CR Gazette – The City Council will discuss next week whether plastic grocery bags should be banned in Iowa City. City staff twice this fall has recommended against outlawing the

By Tracy Wilkinson, Richard Fausset and Brian Bennett, Los Angeles Times – MEXICO CITY — In the six years of outgoing President Felipe Calderon’s war against drug gangs, the U.S. became a principal

By Edmund Sanders, Los Angeles Times – JERUSALEM — Following a landmark United Nations vote upgrading the status of the Palestinian territories to become a “nonmember observer state” in the international body, Israel