Despite US-led campaign, Islamic State rakes in oil earnings
By HAMZA HENDAWI and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA The Islamic State rakes in up to $50 million a month from selling crude from oilfields under its control in Iraq and Syria, part…
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New Joint Chiefs chairman looks over war zone in Iraq
By LOLITA C. BALDOR The new top U.S. military officer said Tuesday he sees no prospect right now for Russia to expand its airstrike campaign into Iraq, speaking after briefings…
Interior Department curbs future Arctic offshore drilling
By DAN JOLING The Interior Department announced Friday it is canceling future lease sales and will not extend current leases in Arctic waters off Alaska’s northern coast, a decision that…
AP FACT CHECK: Clinton, Sanders revise history in Dem debate
By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER and JOSH BOAK Hillary Rodham Clinton revised history in the Democratic debate when insisting she’s not a flip-flopper on a trade deal she promoted as secretary…
Ex-head of Chicago schools pleads guilty in kickbacks scheme
By MICHAEL TARM The former head of Chicago Public Schools pleaded guilty Tuesday to a fraud charge in an alleged scheme to steer $23 million in no-bid contracts to education…
Princeton’s Angus Deaton wins Nobel economics prize
By MALIN RISING and NATHALIE ROTSCHILD Princeton University’s Angus Deaton has won the Nobel prize in economics for “his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare,” the Royal Swedish Academy of…
Exclusive: Panama condo owners to Trump: You’re fired!
By JEFF HORWITZ The directors of the Trump Ocean Club met July 28 on urgent business. They needed to fire Donald Trump. The building’s residents and condo owners had invested…
Syrian troops gain as Putin defends strikes
By SARAH EL DEEB and LYNN BERRY Syrian troops backed by Russian airstrikes advanced against insurgents in the center of the country as President Vladimir Putin defended Moscow’s intervention in…