WHITE HOUSE— The war of words is escalating over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to accept an invitation to speak to the U.S. Congress next week. National security adviser Susan Rice’s remarks on the subject Tuesday on the «Charlie Rose» interview show, the strongest yet from the administration, have raised further questions about the […]readmore
A Cuban delegation will be at the State Department on Friday to talk about restoring diplomatic ties with the United States for the first time since 1961 — part of President Barack Obama’s initiative to end the trade embargo against Cuba. A senior State Department official said Friday’s session would focus solely on doing what […]readmore
President Barack Obama is set to present his plan to deal with foreign policy concerns, ranging from the Islamic State to the rise of China, in a report to lawmakers. No major policy changes are expected to be unveiled Friday in the 33-page National Security Strategy document. Some Republican lawmakers have criticized Obama for what […]readmore
National Basketball Association superstar Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers is now the league’s third all-time leading scorer, supplanting the legendary Michael Jordan. Entering Sunday night’s road game against the Minnesota Timberwolves, Bryant needed nine points to better Jordan’s career total of 32,292. The tying and go-ahead points came on two free throws with […]readmore
WASHINGTON— Court officials canceled a two-day pretrial hearing for suspects in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on Monday at the U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a U.S. Army spokesman said.The hearing, intended to examine allegations the FBI tried to infiltrate legal defense teams, according to a docket on a Pentagon website. It would have been […]readmore
During nationwide marches protesting the killings of unarmed black men by white police officers, families of the victims urged demonstrators to continue pressing for changes to the criminal justice system. In Washington, relatives of Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Tamir Rice and Trayvon Martin gathered on Saturday at Freedom Plaza, near the White House, before peacefully […]readmore
PENTAGON—Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel has ordered all U.S. troops returning from Ebola response missions in West Africa to be placed in supervised isolation for 21 days. The Pentagon calls the isolation a safety measure sought by military members’ families. Pentagon spokesman Colonel Steve Warren says the U.S. military has about 1,100 troops in Liberia […]readmore
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON—U.S. airlines have said little publicly about political pressure to close the country’s borders to travelers from Ebola-ravaged countries in West Africa, but in private they have briefed government officials about the challenges to implementing a ban, industry sources told Reuters. Several dozen U.S. lawmakers have called for a ban on visitors from Sierra […]readmore
A menacing river of molten lava that bubbled over a road and overran a cemetery on its way towards a village on Hawaii’s Big Island crossed onto a residential property on Tuesday and threatened to consume its first home, officials said. The slow-moving lava from the erupting Kilauea volcano has been advancing on the town of Pahoa […]readmore
Wednesday’s successful launch of a Russian space vehicle taking supplies to the International Space Station was in sharp contrast to the explosion of a private U.S. cargo space craft shortly after it’s Tuesday launch on a similar mission. But U.S. space agency NASA, which contracted the private firm to supply the space station, says the […]readmore