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By Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Los Angeles Times – HOUSTON — A JetBlue flight from New York to Las Vegas landed unexpectedly in Amarillo, Texas, Tuesday morning after the co-pilot took over for the captain,
By Annie Sweeney, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — A federal judge on Tuesday rejected a move by survivors and victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks to claim $6.6 million of alleged al-Qaida
By Carol Rosenberg, McClatchy Newspapers – MIAMI — The most interesting and significant testimony at the war court so far — a Saudi captive’s account of how CIA agents interrogated him while shackled
By Laura King, Los Angeles Times – KABUL, Afghanistan — In what would be one of the more serious security breaches to hit an Afghan government installation, nearly a dozen suicide vests were
By Ken Ellingwood, Los Angeles Times – HAVANA — Pope Benedict XVI arrived in the Cuban capital Tuesday ahead of a highly anticipated private meeting with President Raul Castro and, possibly, his older
By Mark Magnier, Los Angeles Times – NEW DELHI — A roadside bomb killed 11 paramilitary officers and wounded 29 others Tuesday as they were traveling in a minibus in India’s western state
By Carol J. Williams, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Displaying rare unanimity on an issue, the full U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday rejected a request by the federal
By Salvador Rodriguez, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES —The hacker group known as LulzSec appears to be back after many months of laying low, claiming to have exposed the accounts of nearly
By Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Los Angeles Times – HOUSTON — Fire officials were hopeful Tuesday that calmer winds would help them bring a wildfire under control that has burned more than 3,000 acres in
Doug Belden, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. – Responding to a longstanding request from state lawmakers, Minneapolis leaders delivered a show of support for a new Vikings stadium Monday, March 26 in the
By Eryn Brown, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Blocking “don’t destroy me” signals that normally sit on the surface of tumor cells and render them resistant to immune-cell attack slows the
From the Waterloo Police Department: On March 25, 2012, at approximately 9:15 PM, Waterloo Police responded to US Highway 20 eastbound near the Highway 63 exit on report of a semi hitting
From the Waterloo Police Department: On Sunday, March 25, 2012 at approximately 1:15 PM, Waterloo Police responded to an motor vehicle accident at Fletcher Avenue and University Avenue. Upon arrival, officers found
Investments in Transportation Projects Create Jobs in Sectors Where Nearly 90 Percent of Jobs Have Middle-Class Wages WASHINGTON – A new report released today by the U.S. Department of Treasury with the Council
By Ali Safi, McClatchy Newspapers – KABUL, Afghanistan — A roadside bomb exploded in Kandahar province on Saturday night, killing a U.S. soldier, seven Afghan police officers and an Afghan translator, local officials
By Kathleen Hennessey, Tribune Washington Bureau – SEOUL, South Korea — President Barack Obama on Monday made a direct appeal to the leaders of North Korea and Iran, urging them to “have the
By Erin Meyer, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — The third Lake Forest High School student struck and killed by a Metra train in the Chicago area since the beginning of the year has
By Kathy Bergen, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — Hundreds of NATO staffers are visiting Chicago this week to scope out the city in advance of the May 20-21 meetings for the security alliance,
By David G. Savage and Noam N. Levey, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — Ever since the Democratic Congress passed President Barack Obama’s health care law, critics have focused their ire on the
By Tim Johnson, McClatchy Newspapers – MEXICO CITY — Pope Benedict XVI donned a sombrero Sunday and stayed away from politics in his first open-air Mass in Latin America, urging Roman Catholics in
The Yomiuri Shimbun – TOKYO — A Japanese government order to shoot down a North Korean missile scheduled to be launched next month could come as soon as Friday, government sources said,
By Jeff Kunerth and Bianca Prieto, The Orlando Sentinel – ORLANDO, Fla. — The rolling outrage over the killing of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teenager in Sanford, Fla., has found an unifying
In his weekly address, President Obama calls on everyone to tell their elected officials to pass a bipartisan transportation bill that will support American construction workers and our economy. President Obama called
Boone, Iowa — This morning the Boone County Sheriff’s Office, Boone Police Department, and the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation continue to investigate a shooting incident involving several law enforcement officials. On
By Noam N. Levey, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — As President Barack Obama and his allies gear up to defend the landmark health care law he signed two years ago, they confront
By Dalina Castellanos, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Former Vice President Dick Cheney had a heart transplant Saturday morning after waiting more than 20 months on a transplant list, his office
By Erika Bolstad, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — Supporters of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin gathered Saturday in the nation’s capital, continuing protests that have spanned from Miami schools to New York City and the
By Dahleen Glanton, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — When their son was about to enter his teens, Paul and Jeanne Miller of Flossmoor decided it was time to have the talk. As a
By Franco Ordonez and Kevin G. Hall, McClatchy Newspapers – HAVANA — When Pope Benedict XVI arrives in Cuba on Monday, 14 years after the last papal visit, he’ll find the Roman Catholic
By Christi Parsons and Michael A. Memoli, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — Declaring that “if I had a son, he’d look like Trayvon,” President Barack Obama chose a highly personal way to
By David Ovalle and Frances Robles, McClatchy Newspapers – SANFORD, Fla. — The aftershocks of Trayvon Martin’s killing continued to reverberate Thursday from Sanford to South Florida, as the embattled police chief and
By Jeff Weiner, Jon Busdeker and Martin Comas, The Orlando Sentinel – SANFORD, Fla.—They came seeking justice for Trayvon Martin. (PHOTO: Rev. Al Sharpton speaks at a rally after the shooting death of Trayvon
By Jodi S. Cohen, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — When University of Illinois President Michael Hogan took over 20 months ago following an embarrassing scandal, his supporters championed him as a likable reformer
By Renee Schoof, McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — Floods and water shortages in the next 30 years will make it hard for many countries to keep up with growing demand for fresh water,
By Alvise Armellini – BRUSSELS — The serial-killer suspect who died after a 32-hour stand-off with French police was one of about 400 al-Qaida trained extremists in the European Union, the bloc’s
A teen, Trayvon Martin, was gunned down in Florida this month. The killing has sparked outrage across America. Now, a movement to bring awareness has spread to Iowa. The “1,000,000 Hoodie March”
By Tina Susman, Los Angeles Times – SANFORD, Fla. — In a tense meeting Wednesday that highlighted growing tensions over the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager, city commissioners here passed a
By Alexandra Mayer-Hohdahl and Clare Byrne – TOULOUSE, France — The 23-year-old man suspected in a string of fatal shootings in France was found dead Thursday, after he jumped out of a
By Rebecca Trounson, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — The Asian population of the United States grew faster than any other racial or ethnic group in the last decade, according to a
By Hector Becerra and Sam Allen, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Japan has one. So do Mexico, Taiwan, Turkey and Romania. But California has struggled to develop and deploy an earthquake