Nobel Peace Prize boosts struggling Tunisian democracy
By PAUL SCHEMM, BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA and KARL RITTER It was the fall of 2013 and Tunisia’s newfound democracy was in grave danger. The assassination of a left-wing politician had…
Social issues
Mideast unrest spreads to Gaza as stabbing attacks continue
By FARES AKRAM Israeli forces clashed with Palestinian demonstrators along the Gaza border on Friday, killing five of them, as a rash of stabbing attacks in Israel and the Palestinian…
Clinton subject to hack attempts from China, Korea, Germany
By KEN DILANIAN, JACK GILLUM and STEPHEN BRAUN Hillary Rodham Clinton’s private email server, which stored some 55,000 pages of emails from her time as secretary of state, was the…
Getting clean: Heroin addict goes through pioneering program
By PHILIP MARCELO Kylee Moriarty has experienced her share of ups and downs since deciding to kick her heroin habit this past summer. The 26-year-old’s journey started in early July…
Syrian general lauds Russian strikes amid ground offensive
By ALBERT AJI and SARAH EL DEEB Syria’s chief-of-staff on Thursday declared a wide-ranging ground offensive by government forces, a day after Russian airstrikes and cruise missiles launched from the…
Approaching debate, Clinton and Sanders showing differences
By KEN THOMAS Hillary Rodham Clinton is beginning to draw contrasts with her chief Democratic rival, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, as they approach their first presidential primary debate next week.…
NY district attorney’s policy barring guns prompts debate
By MICHAEL BALSAMO and JENNIFER PELTZ After a suburban district attorney barred her prosecutors from keeping handguns, even at home, her office said the goal was safety. But the now-changed…
Mass shootings grab headlines, but others go under radar
By RIK STEVENS The numbers jump off the page: Nine dead on an Oregon college campus, 12 in a theater in Aurora, Colorado. Thirteen soldiers and civilians at Fort Hood,…