By GEORGE M. WALSH (ALBANY, N.Y., AP) — A New York sheriff says two young Amish sisters now safe at home were kidnapped from their family farm stand and police… Read more »
Category: National News
Congressman wants to curb military surplus program
By MATTHEW DALY (WASHINGTON, AP) — Images of police outfitted in paramilitary gear clashing with protesters in suburban St. Louis are giving new impetus to efforts to rein in a… Read more »
AP video journalist, translator killed in Gaza
(BEIT LAHIYA, Gaza Strip, AP) — An Associated Press video journalist and a freelance Palestinian translator assisting him were killed in an ordnance explosion Wednesday while working on an assignment… Read more »
Family of US man held in NKorea to make statement
By AMANDA LEE MYERS (CINCINNATI, AP) — The wife and three children of an American man charged with “anti-state” crimes in North Korea are planning to attend a news conference… Read more »
US bots flagged Ebola before outbreak announced
By RODRIQUE NGOWI (BOSTON, AP) — The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is focusing a spotlight on an online tool run by experts in Boston that flagged a “mystery hemorrhagic… Read more »
WWII vet who found Hitler’s top hat dies at 88
By CHRIS CAROLA (ALBANY, N.Y., AP) — Richard Marowitz was just a day removed from witnessing the horrors of Dachau when he found a top hat on a shelf in… Read more »
Poll: Kansas only state with big uninsured jump
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — A new Gallup poll shows Kansas is the only state in the nation to see a significant increase in its uninsured rate this year, while… Read more »
Turk to again take on Cleaver in 5th District
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — A Lee’s Summit Republican who has lost his previous four efforts to unseat Democratic U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver of Kansas City will get a fifth… Read more »
Man: Bringing gun to airport a political statement
(PHOENIX, AP) — A medical researcher at a renowned neurological hospital who was arrested last month after police say he pointed a loaded rifle toward a woman and her teenage… Read more »
Rep. Cantor to resign from House seat in August
By ALAN SUDERMAN (RICHMOND, Va., AP) — After a stunning primary election loss, former Majority Leader Eric Cantor said Friday that he will resign his seat in the House of… Read more »