(AP) House to vote on reopening national parksBy ANDREW TAYLORAssociated PressWASHINGTONHouse and Senate Democrats say they’ll reject a bid by Republicans to reopen portions of the government, including national parks and processing of claims at the Department of Veterans Affairs.They
(AP) Netanyahu: Israel won’t let Iran get nuclear armsBy EDITH M. LEDERERAssociated PressUNITED NATIONSIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu played the spoiler Tuesday to any easing of Iran’s relations with the West, telling world leaders his country will do whatever it
The current wave of faith-friendly Hollywood films shows little sign of stopping. On the heels of The History Channel’s Bible miniseries and the 2014 feature Noah comes Resurrection, a just-announced film project led by veteran director Kevin Reynolds (Robin Hood:
A patriotic Russian group on Tuesday called for President Vladimir Putin to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his Syria diplomacy, claiming he was more deserving of the award than laureate US President Barack Obama. A group that lists
A judge in the US state of Louisiana ordered the immediate release Tuesday of a terminally ill former Black Panther who spent 40 years in solitary confinement for murder. Herman Wallace, who is dying from liver cancer is one of
According to a new study in the European Journal of Social Psychology by University of Toronto researchers, people generally hate activists, making them less likely “to adopt behaviors that these activities promoted.” Dislike of activists played “a key role in
On Tuesday, President Obama referred directly to Google as a government success story in his letter to every federal employee: “It was grants from the Department of Energy that helped businesses unlock new sources of renewable energy, and from the
(AP) NEW YORK–New York City Opera says the company will file for bankruptcy protection and wind down operations after failing to raise enough money to stage the rest of its season. The company announced Sept. 12 that it needed $7
By SINAN SALAHEDDINAssociated PressBAGHDADNearly 1,000 Iraqis were killed in September, one of the highest monthly death tolls in years, the U.N. said Tuesday, giving a somber figure that reflects the militants’ determination to rekindle large-scale sectarian conflict. Iraq is going
(AP) BEIRUTAn al-Qaida spokesman is accusing Western-backed rebels fighting to topple the Syrian government of “stealing” credit for battlefield victories from his group. Abu Mohammed al-Adnani, a spokesman for the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, says commanders of the
(AP) MOSCOW Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told journalists during a press conference that the West should help encourage those rebels who don’t harbor “extremist or terrorist views” to join the talks to settle the 2 1/2-year conflict. The U.N. Security Council,
(AP) MEXICO CITYMexican federal and state police have rescued 73 kidnapped migrants being held in a house on the border with Texas. The Immigration Institute says in a statement Monday that 17 migrants are from Honduras, 13 from Guatemala and three
By NICK PERRYAssociated PressWELLINGTON, New ZealandA man from one of the lowest-lying nations on Earth is trying to convince New Zealand judges that he’s a refugee–suffering not from persecution, but from climate change. The 37-year-old and his wife left his
(AP) Pentagon wants more workers exempt from furloughsBy LOLITA C. BALDORAssociated PressSEOUL, South KoreaPentagon and administration lawyers are looking for ways to expand the number of Defense Department civilians who are exempt from furloughs, amid worries that the government shutdown
By RUSSELL CONTRERASAssociated PressALBUQUERQUE, N.M. Insults dished out by food critic Anthony Bourdain on an episode of CNN’s “Parts Unknown” have stirred up outrage in New Mexico–and now he acknowledges that he was wrong. The sharp-tongued chef and writer lashed
(AP) 5 things to know about Saints’ defeat of DolphinsBy BRETT MARTELAP Sports WriterNEW ORLEANSWhether Drew Brees passed to diminutive running back Darren Sproles or to 6-foot-7 tight end Jimmy Graham, there wasn’t much the previously unbeaten Miami Dolphins could
(AP) Rays to playoffs again after 5-2 win over RangersBy STEPHEN HAWKINSAP Sports WriterARLINGTON, TexasThe first person David Price looked for after pitching the Tampa Bay Rays into the playoffs was third baseman Evan Longoria. Price yelled after the two
(AP) Brees leads Saints to 38-17 win over DolphinsBy BRETT MARTELAP Sports WriterNEW ORLEANSDrew Brees made his latest claim to the moniker of Mr. Monday Night. He also gave the Miami Dolphins another reason to regret not making a harder
(AP) Column: Blatter should go over 2022 Qatar-stropheBy JOHN LEICESTERAP Sports ColumnistPARISQatar-strophic. Qatar-clysm. The headlines will write themselves if FIFA turns the world of soccer on its head this week by deciding that the 2022 World Cup cannot be played
(AP) Pirates hoping for more than cameo in playoffsBy WILL GRAVESAP Sports WriterPITTSBURGHWhere most saw misery and chaos, Clint Hurdle saw something else entirely. The day Hurdle took over as the Pittsburgh Pirates manager in December, 2010, he spoke about
(AP) Miller calls anti-gay law absolutely embarrassingBy EDDIE PELLSAP National WriterPARK CITY, UtahBode Miller felt no need to measure his words when asked about Russia’s anti-gay law. `But it’s not the first time,” Miller said. “We’ve been dealing with human-rights
(AP) Cruz reinstated and back in Rangers lineupBy STEPHEN HAWKINSAP Sports WriterARLINGTON, TexasNelson Cruz fit right back in with the Texas Rangers after completing his 50-game drug suspension. The All-Star slugger was reinstated from the restricted list Monday by the
WASHINGTON, Sept 30 (Reuters) – For the second time on Monday, the U.S. Senate rejected an emergency funding bill approved by the House of Representatives that would have made major changes to the Obamacare healthcare law. Reuters
(AP) ESPN replaces longtime motorsports announcer ReidBRISTOL, Conn.ESPN says motorsports announcer Marty Reid is no longer with the network. Reid had been with ESPN since 1982 and is the only television play-by-play announcer to cover five different North American motorsports
(AP) NEW YORK–AMC says Sunday’s “Breaking Bad” finale seized a record-breaking number of viewers for the series. The concluding episode was seen by 10.3 million viewers. That was three times the audience for the midseason finale airing a year ago.
