WASHINGTON - It is Labor Day weekend here in the United States, a national holiday dating back more than 100 years. It is meant to honor the more than 155 million workers in the United States, and for most, it is a day of play.
For most Americans, Labor Day is more play than work. It […]
WASHINGTON - School administrators at several locations in the U.S. say they will not broadcast a back-to-school speech that President Barack Obama will deliver next week.
School districts in at least six states say they will not show the speech in classrooms after objections from some administrators and parents.
President Obama is scheduled to deliver the […]
WASHINGTON - The U.S. jobless rate has spiked to its highest level in 26 years, hitting 9.7 percent in August.
Labor Department officials said Friday the United States cut 216,000 jobs last month and that the country shed more jobs in June and July than originally thought.
Many economists and some government officials have said they […]
WASHINGTON - North Korea says it is in the last stage of enriching uranium which could bring it another step closer to building a nuclear bomb.
The official Korean Central News Agency said in a statement that experimental uranium enrichment has successfully entered the completion phase. Enriched uranium is another way to build a nuclear bomb.
The […]
LOS ANGELES - Pop star Michael Jackson will be laid to rest Thursday at a Los Angeles-area cemetery well known as the final resting place for scores of celebrities.
Jackson’s gold-plated coffin will be placed in a mausoleum at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park during a private evening service (7:00 pm local time, 0200 universal). He […]
LOS ANGELES - Firefighters are making progress against a massive wildfire north of Los Angeles that has charred at least 570 square kilometers and destroyed more than 90 structures, including scores of homes and several commercial buildings. Investigators say the fire was caused by humans, not by a lightning strike. Officials say cooperative weather has […]
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama faces a major political test in the weeks ahead as opinion polls show fading public support for his top two priorities - health care reform and the war in Afghanistan.
Health care reform remains President Obama’s top domestic priority.
But recent public opinion polls show that a growing number of Americans […]
WASHINGTON - Tribal leaders in southern Afghanistan have accused police of shutting down polling sites and stuffing election boxes with thousands of ballots marked for Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
The New York Times on its Web site Tuesday night quoted the governor of Shorbak district, Delaga Bariz, saying that Bariz tribesman in the area had met […]
GENEVA - The United Nations refugee agency says a humanitarian crisis is unfolding in Saada city in northern Yemen. The UNHCR and other aid agencies are repeating their call for the opening of humanitarian corridors so they can assist thousands of people who are trapped inside the city because of fierce fighting between al-Houthi forces […]
WASHINGTON - Recently, the top U.S. military commander in Iraq said he wants to send American troops to a disputed strip of territory in northern Iraq - for a limited time - to defuse growing tensions between Iraqi security forces and the Kurdish militia.
General Ray Odierno says the goal is to build trust between the […]
WARSAW - Officials from across Europe and the United States were among thousands of people who gathered in northern Poland Tuesday to mark the beginning of World War II, 70 years ago.
Ahead of the international commemoration, Polish leaders met before dawn on Gdansk’s Westerplatte peninsula for a ceremony at the exact time the German battleship […]
SEOUL - South and North Korea have resumed traffic across their tense border to a jointly run industrial zone, renewing hopes for the project’s viability. The move reflects a thaw in tensions after recent diplomatic moves between the two Koreas.
South Korean Unification Ministry spokeswoman Lee Jong-joo said Tuesday that traffic across the North Korean border […]
