States Seek Alternatives For Highway, Bridge Funding
Touted as one of the first interstate highways, a 200-mile span of Interstate 70 between suburban St. Louis and Kansas City stands as a prime example of the challenges facing…
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Benjamin Netanyahu Ad Likens PM To David Ben-Gurion
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new campaign ad compares the leader’s defiance in addressing the U.S. Congress with legendary Israeli leader David Ben Gurion’s refusal to bow to U.S. State…
Concern in Britain as Schoolgirls Seek to Join Islamic State
LONDON — Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain said Saturday that the country’s authorities would do everything they could to help three British schoolgirls who were believed to be traveling…
Benjamin Netanyahu Hires Top Defense Attorney For Possible Corruption Case
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has hired a well-known lawyer described in the Israeli press as a “specialist in white-collar crime” to represent him and his wife if they face…
Battle to Retake Iraqi City Looms as Test of Obama’s ISIS Strategy
WASHINGTON — American intelligence agencies and the Pentagon are struggling to determine how difficult it will be to retake Mosul, the Islamic State’s de facto capital in Iraq, as planning…
In Newly Sophisticated Boko Haram Videos, Hints of Islamic State Ties
WASHINGTON — Until recently, the propaganda videos released by Boko Haram, one of the most feared extremist groups in Africa, were an amateur affair. The videos were grainy, shot on…
How Egypt Is Harming, Not Helping, The ISIS Fight
WASHINGTON — Egypt’s forceful response to the Islamic State’s murder of Egyptian Christians in Libya this past weekend seemed to be a welcome addition to the fight against the extremist…
Former NASCAR champ Kurt Busch suspended
“Given the serious nature of the findings and conclusions made by the Commissioner of the Family Court of the State of Delaware, NASCAR has indefinitely suspended driver Kurt Busch, effective…
Oklahoma Lawmaker Wants To Test Everybody For Syphilis Before Marriage
If one Oklahoma lawmaker has his way, people with sexually transmitted diseases will not just be getting married in his state. Senate Bill 733, introduced by state Sen. Anthony Sykes…
Teen Girls Create Award-Winning App In Hopes Of Preventing School Shootings
In October 2014, high school freshman Jaylen Fryberg shot five students and then himself in Washington state. To help cope with this tragedy in their community, a group of teenage…
Past and present clash over same-sex marriage in Deep South
“WHAT?!” Williams went to check on his dad. Williams’ husband of a few hours, Justin Lewis, knew what the commotion was about. He decided not to join the conversation, as…
A florist loses religious freedom, and much more
Stutzman is the Washington florist who has been sued for living out her Christian beliefs. In 2013, a long-time friend and customer came to her flower shop and asked her…
Activists Trying to Draw Attention to Killings in Syria Turn to ISIS Tactic: Shock Value
BEIRUT, Lebanon — The killings have been both deliberately lurid and strangely intimate. Designed for broadcast, they have helped the Islamic State militant group build a brand of violence that…
Pentagon Plans Mosul Attack, Saying Islamic State Might ‘Is In Decline’
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon, departing from previous reluctance to disclose specifics about the fight against the Islamic State, on Thursday announced plans to retake Mosul, Iraq’s second-largest city, between April…
Caracas mayor arrested, office says
The state prosecutor’s office said it had no information about the raid. Law enforcement officials did not immediately respond to attempts to seek comment. – Escribe Mitzy, la esposa de…
Mission To Retake Mosul From ISIS To Begin In April Or May, Official Says
The operation to retake Iraq’s second largest city from Islamic State militants will likely begin in April or May and will involve about 12 Iraqi brigades, or between 20,000 and…
California Mandatory Bicycle Helmet Law Would Make Riding Less Safe, Advocates Say
Legislation that would make California the first state requiring adult bicyclists to wear helmets has some biking advocates worried the mandate would discourage people from becoming bike commuters. A bill…
Muslim Leaders in U.S. Seek to Counteract Extremist Recruiters
STERLING, Va. — Imam Mohamed Magid tries to stay in regular contact with the teenager who came to him a few months ago — at his family’s urging — to…
Why Every American Baby Deserves A Fresh Diaper — Courtesy Of The U.S. Government
“It’s time we stop treating child care as a side issue, or a women’s issue, and treat it like the national economic priority that it is for all of us,”…
How ISIS makes (and takes) money
The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has crude, stomach-turning tactics when it comes to dealing with its enemy, but experts say that its moneymaking methods are highly sophisticated, especially…
Georgia Lawmaker Wants To Make Sure Embryos Don’t Glow In The Dark
A Georgia state representative is standing up for rights of embryos, and wants to make sure they aren’t forced to glow in the dark. – He also said he has…
Crime Lab Mix-Up Causes Wrong Body To Be Buried
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — A coroner says a mix-up at the state crime lab led an Augusta area family to bury the wrong body during a closed-casket funeral. – GBI…
We’re playing into ISIS’ hands
“We cannot kill our way out of this war,” State Department spokesperson Marie Harf said on Tuesday. “We need in the medium to longer term to go after the root…
Washington Florist Illegally Refused To Provide Flowers For Same-Sex Wedding, Judge Rules
A judge in Washington state ruled Wednesday that a florist’s refusal to sell flowers for a same-sex wedding violated the state anti-discrimination law. – Washington’s anti-discrimination law allows for penalties…
U.S. Allows Sales Of Armed Drones To Allies With Clean Human Rights Records
WASHINGTON — A day after the State Department loosened restrictions on the sale of armed drones to foreign allies, the risks posed by targeted killings again became apparent. Lebanese television…
Obama Explains Why He Doesn’t Use The Term ‘Radical Islam’ For Islamic State, Al Qaeda
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Wednesday that he refuses to describe the Islamic State and al Qaeda as groups fueled by “radical Islam” because the term grants them a…
From a Private School in Cairo to ISIS Killing Fields in Syria (With Video)
As his dreams crashed into Egypt’s social and political turmoil, Islam Yaken left his friends, family and a life of guilty pleasures for religious extremism, jihad and the Islamic State….
UPS Illegally Shipped 136 Million Contraband Cigarettes In New York, Says New Lawsuit
A new multimillion-dollar federal lawsuit alleges that UPS unlawfully shipped almost 700,000 cartons of untaxed cigarettes in New York, undercutting anti-smoking efforts and depriving the state of millions of dollars…
2016 Ambitions Seen In Walker’s Push For University Cuts In Wisconsin
Atop a steep hill on the University of Wisconsin campus is a granite boulder affixed with a bronze plaque honoring the university system’s lofty mission: to benefit the entire state…
Brittany Maynard’s Story Moves New York Lawmakers To Introduce Death With Dignity Bill
New York state lawmakers have introduced a “death with dignity” bill that would make the state the sixth in the U.S. to allow terminally ill adults to end their own…