Tag: Nation

Journalist killing highlights role of freelancers

Jessica Gresko · August 27, 2014 1:45 pm

This undated photo provided by the Wisconsin Historical Society shows First Lt. Alonzo Cushing. A Civil War soldier is to be honored with the nation's highest military decoration 151 years after his death.The White House announced Wednesday that President Barack Obama will give the Medal of Honor to Alonzo H. Cushing. His descendants and Civil War buffs have been pushing for the Union Army lieutenant killed at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania to receive the award. (AP Photo/Wisconsin Historical Society)

Civil War officer to receive Medal of Honor

Nedra Pickler · August 27, 2014 7:09 am

American woman is being held hostage in Syria

American woman is being held hostage in Syria

Lara Jakes · August 27, 2014 2:03 am

Federal prosecutions not easy in police shootings

Eric Tucker · August 27, 2014 1:19 am

This undated photo provided by the Wisconsin Historical Society shows First Lt. Alonzo Cushing. A Civil War soldier is to be honored with the nation's highest military decoration 151 years after his death.The White House announced Wednesday that President Barack Obama will give the Medal of Honor to Alonzo H. Cushing. His descendants and Civil War buffs have been pushing for the Union Army lieutenant killed at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania to receive the award. (AP Photo/Wisconsin Historical Society)

Obama to award Medal of Honor to Civil War officer

Nedra Pickler · August 27, 2014 12:06 am

AP source: American militant said killed in Syria

AP source: American militant said killed in Syria

Eric Tucker · August 26, 2014 10:42 pm

FILE - This photo taken April 28, 2014 shows the Phoenix VA Health Care Center in Phoenix. The Department of Veterans Affairs says investigators have found no proof that delays in care caused any deaths at a VA hospital in Phoenix, deflating an explosive allegation that helped expose a troubled health care system in which veterans waited months for appointments while employees falsified records to cover up the delays. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

IG: Shoddy care by VA didn’t cause Phoenix deaths

Stephen Ohlemacher · August 26, 2014 10:12 pm

DEA payments to Amtrak employee being investigated

DEA payments to Amtrak employee being investigated

Washington Examiner · August 26, 2014 9:54 pm

In this photo provided by Egypt's state news agency MENA, speaker of the Libyan Parliament Ageila Saleh Eissa, left, meets Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi at the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014. A delegation of Libyan officials are visiting Egypt amid increasing fears among Libya's neighbors and Western countries that the North African nation is sliding deeper into turmoil, particularly after mysterious airstrikes against Islamist militias prompted allegations that outside powers were trying to swing the fight. (AP Photo/Fady Fares, MENA)

National Security

Arab strikes in Libya show impatience with US

BRADLEY KLAPPERMAGGIE MICHAEL · August 26, 2014 8:39 pm

Hewlett-Packard recalls 5 million AC power cords

Hewlett-Packard recalls 5 million AC power cords

Washington Examiner · August 26, 2014 4:01 pm

In this photo taken Aug. 21, 2014, Orestes Perez, right, and his niece Yanuska Perez, check a 2013 Ford Fusion SE at a local dealership in Hialeah, Fla. The Commerce Department reports on business orders for durable goods in July on Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

US durable goods orders surge record 22.6 percent

Martin Crutsinger · August 26, 2014 2:53 pm

President Barack Obama, center, and first lady Michelle Obama, left, walk with their daughter Malia, right, across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014, following their arrival on Marine One helicopter. Obama returned to Washington after spending two weeks with his family on the island of Martha's Vineyard. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama addresses vets in trip laden with politics

Jim Kuhnhenn · August 26, 2014 10:31 am