Muhammad Ali back in hospital

Bob Gunnell said Ali is in stable condition and doctors indicated he would be released Friday. – He retired from boxing in 1981 as a four-time heavyweight champion and announced…

Snyder bucks NRA, vetoes gun bill

Giffords, Obama embrace on shooting anniversary The measure would have overhauled Michigan’s concealed permit applications in a way that would have allowed people who faced restraining orders as a result…

Caesars unit files for bankruptcy

In its 2013 annual report the group said the extent of its debt problems would require the company to “ultimately seek a restructuring, amendment, or refinancing of our debt.” –…

A migration without end

“People would tell me: ‘Well, we’ve kind of accepted, or, we’re used to being robbed and beaten and raped,’ ” photographer Michelle Frankfurter said. “They’re willing to risk all that,”…

Keystone debate moves ahead

“It is well past time,” said Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, the Republican chair of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee. “We would like to see this pipeline moving but…

Does Islam fuel terrorism?

Consider the choice of targets of the terrorists: A magazine that in the terrorists’ minds had insulted the Prophet Mohammed. Before they died on Friday, one of the Kouachi brothers…

Leisure is the new productivity

While working on “The Last Supper,” Leonardo da Vinci regularly took off from painting for several hours at a time and seemed to be daydreaming aimlessly. Urged by his patron,…