In Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, Methodist pastor Jaser Davila said if the Central American migrants he meets daily in this border city are right, more travelers are on their way to the U.S from Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras. Davila’s humanitarian relief group is anticipating another influx like the one that has brought tens of thousands […]readmore
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has called for a broad global coalition to combat Islamic State militants, also known as ISIS. In an article published in The New York Times Saturday, Kerry said the terrorist group is a rising threat, not just in Iraq and Syria, but anywhere they could manage to travel undetected […]readmore
A Syrian man accused in a plot to attack U.S. troops in Iraq has been extradited to the United States. Authorities say Ahmad Ibrahim al-Ahmad made his first courtroom appearance on Thursday in Arizona, where he faces multiple federal charges, including the provision of material support to terrorists. Al-Ahmad is accused of supplying bomb components […]readmore
A multi-million-dollar civil lawsuit filed Thursday accuses police officials in Ferguson, Missouri of violating civil rights in the central U.S. town during largely peaceful protests in recent weeks. Five plaintiffs are seeking $40 million in the federal suit that alleges local police used excessive force, assaulted and unlawfully detained demonstrators after the death of Michael […]readmore
JPMorgan Chase & Co is investigating a possible cyber attack and working with law enforcement authorities to determine the scope, a company spokeswoman said on Thursday morning. The bank was taking additional steps to safeguard sensitive or confidential information, though it did not see unusual fraud activity at this time, company spokeswoman Trish Wexler said. […]readmore
President Barack Obama made a statement Thursday on the situation in Ukraine, saying he spoke with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and that the two agree «Russia is responsible for the violence in eastern Ukraine.» «The new images of Russian forces inside Ukraine make that plain for the world to see,» Obama said. Obama said he […]readmore
She’s going for an early dismissal. Diane Sawyer will sign off from ABC’s «World News» Wednesday ending a five-year run as one of the nation’s most watched news anchors. The move came a day earlier than originally planned and caught many by surprise. «See you tonight for my last night anchoring,» Sawyer tweeted . “Great […]readmore
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Hurricane Cristobal moved slowly toward Bermuda after drenching Atlantic and Caribbean islands with heavy rains, causing flooding that officials blamed for at least five deaths. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said the hurricane would likely avoid a collision with the U.S. Eastern Seaboard, but it was generating life-threatening […]readmore
The U.S. military says it lauched further air attacks Wednesday against Islamic State militants near Irbil and the strategic Mosul Dam in Iraq. The United States Central Command [CENTCOM] said in a statement that U.S. forces launched three airstrikes using fighter, attack, and remotely piloted aircraft to support Iraqi security force operations. «The strikes were […]readmore
AP/Curtis Family Nancy Curtis (left) and her son, Peter Theo Curtis, reunited in Boston on Tuesday. An American writer released this week from two years in the captivity of insurgents in Syria is doing well and is excited to be free, his mother said on Tuesday. «In the days following my release on Sunday, I […]readmore