Doctors: Various factors figure into Carter cancer treatment
By KATHLEEN FOODY and MARILYNN MARCHIONE Determining what treatment to pursue for former President Jimmy Carter’s cancer will depend on its type, its origin and factors such as age and…
Obituaries
Family: Father of toddler killed in West Bank arson has died
By MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH The father of a Palestinian toddler killed in a firebomb attack blamed on Jewish extremists has died of wounds sustained in the same incident, his family said…
Police: Birthday cake beating followed week of handcuffing
A 9-year-old boy who was fatally beaten over a missing birthday cake had been handcuffed for up to three hours a day for a week before the deadly assault, according…
‘Blues can never die’: B.B. King reigned but music lives on
By KEN RITTER B.B. King believed anyone could play the blues, and that “as long as people have problems, the blues can never die.” But no one could play the…
Weight Watchers founder Jean Nidetch dies at age 91
By MATT SEDENSKY Jean Nidetch, a New York housewife who tackled her own obesity, then shared her guiding principles with others in meetings that became known as Weight Watchers, the…
Thousands attend funeral for Freddie Gray in Baltimore
By JESSICA GRESKO and TOM FOREMAN Jr. The six Baltimore police officers suspended after a man suffered serious spinal injuries while in custody should tell the public what happened, an…
Boko Haram kidnaps hundreds, tells stories of Chibok girls
By CHIKA ODUAH When Islamic extremists snatched more than 270 girls from the Chibok boarding school in Nigeria in the dead of night, protests broke out worldwide. The U.S. pledged…
1 of 4 remaining World War II Doolittle Raiders dies at 94
By PHUONG LE Lt. Col. Edward Saylor, one of four surviving Doolittle Raiders who attacked Japan during a daring 1942 mission credited with lifting American morale during World War II,…