HAVANA — Pope Francis met with Fidel Castro on Sunday after urging thousands of Cubans to serve one another and not an ideology, delivering a… Continue reading
ATHENS, Greece — A jubilant Alexis Tsipras vowed to continue fighting for his country’s pride and to quickly form a coalition government after his left-wing… Continue reading
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve ended weeks of speculation Thursday by keeping U.S. interest rates at record lows in the face of threats from a… Continue reading
WASHINGTON — House Republican leaders scrambled Thursday to head off a politically damaging government shutdown in two weeks over rebellious conservatives’ demand that any stopgap… Continue reading
WASHINGTON — Propelled by her standout debate performance, Carly Fiorina sought on Thursday to turn accolades for her crisp, confident showing into actual support from… Continue reading
SUQUAMISH, Wash. (AP) — North Kitsap may be getting the state’s first tribe-owned pot shop.The Kitsap Sun reports (http://bit.ly/1KPbel4) the state Liquor and Cannabis Board… Continue reading
SPOKANE, Wash. — Three men have pleaded guilty in federal court in the murder-for-hire slaying of a Spokane businessman that arose from business dealings in… Continue reading
SEATTLE — Yellow school buses rolled through Seattle’s streets and noisy schoolchildren packed playgrounds again as thousands of students started the school year Thursday that… Continue reading
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Burkina’s military seized the airwaves and installed a general loyal to the ex-president Thursday as the new head of state, carrying… Continue reading
COQUIMBO, Chile — Parts of this port city were a disaster zone Thursday after an 8.3-magnitude quake hit off the coast, killing at least 11… Continue reading
WASHINGTON — This time, they suited up.The three young Americans who thwarted a gunman on a Paris-bound passenger train last month got their moment in… Continue reading
IRVING, Texas — One of the largest Muslim groups in Texas said Thursday that it does not fault police and school officials who handcuffed and… Continue reading
NEW YORK — General Motors agreed to pay $900 million to fend off criminal prosecution over the deadly ignition-switch scandal, striking a deal that brought… Continue reading