NATO Proclaims 'Strong Solidarity' with Turkey Against ISNATO proclaimed its "strong solidarity" with Turkey following a rare emergency meeting Tuesday in which members also urged the country not to use excessive force in its fight against extremists, a NATO official said.
US, Turkey Seek to Establish Islamic State-Free ZoneThe United States and Turkey are finalizing plans for a military campaign to push the Islamic State out of a strip of land along the Syrian border, deepening efforts to halt the extremists' advances.
Boston Mayor Refuses to Sign Host Contract for 2024 OlympicsBoston's mayor delivered a harsh blow to the city's effort to host the 2024 Olympics on Monday when he declared he wouldn't sign any document "that puts one dollar of taxpayer money on the line for one penny of overruns …
Malaysia, Cuba Taken Off US Human Trafficking BlacklistThe State Department on Monday took Malaysia and Cuba off its blacklist of countries failing to combat modern-day slavery, leaving the U.S. open to criticism that politics is swaying the often-contentious rankings in its annual human trafficking report.
Columbus Mayor Robert SmithColumbus has joined the list of Mississippi cities no longer flying the state flag because the design includes a Confederate battle emblem.
Theater Gunman's Family Called Him Mentally Ill, ViolentThe family of the man who killed two people and wounded nine others before killing himself at a crowded showing of "Trainwreck" showing said he was mentally ill and so violent that they needed police help to keep him away …
Police: Theater Gunman was 'Drifter' who Planned to EscapeThe movie theater gunman who stood up about 20 minutes into the showing of "Trainwreck" and began firing into the crowd, killing two people, was described as a drifter from Alabama whose escape plan was thwarted by police officers who …
EU Regulator Recommends 1st License for Malaria VaccineThe European Medicines Agency has recommended approving what would be the world's first licensed malaria vaccine, even though it's only about 30 percent effective and its protection fades over time.
Mississippi Foster Care System Might Get Its Own AgencyJACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi may consider making its child welfare unit a separate agency under a judge's order in the latest effort to resolve a longstanding lawsuit over conditions in the state's foster care system.
Official: Man Detained by Police was Breathing, Kicking A Tennessee man who died after witnesses say was he hog-tied face-down on a stretcher was at the hospital for an hour and a half before his death and was "breathing fine" and "kicking and screaming" during that time, a …
Sheriff: Inmate Told Texas Jailer of Prior Suicide AttemptA woman whose death in a Texas jail has raised suspicions about the official conclusion that she hanged herself told a guard during the booking process that she had tried to kill herself in the past, according to the county …
Columbus has joined the list of Mississippi cities no longer flying the state flag because the design includes a Confederate battle emblem.
The family of the man who killed two people and wounded nine others before killing himself at a crowded showing of "Trainwreck" showing said he was mentally ill and so violent that they needed police help to keep him away …
A Tennessee man who died after witnesses say was he hog-tied face-down on a stretcher was at the hospital for an hour and a half before his death and was "breathing fine" and "kicking and screaming" during that time, a …