In battle for Iraq’s Mosul, many forces with many motives
By SUSANNAH GEORGE and LEE KEATH An unlikely array of forces is converging on the city of Mosul, lining up for a battle on the historic plains of northern Iraq…
Social issues
New Smithsonian museum chronicling black history opens
By JESSE J. HOLLAND and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Centuries of struggles and strife, decades of planning and pain, and years of hoping for a place that African-American history can call home…
Pakistani police submit charges in UK woman’s murder case
By MUNIR AHMED Pakistani police submitted initial charges to a court Friday against the father and ex-husband of a British-Pakistani woman accused of murdering her in a so-called “honor killing”,…
New laws and rulings could cause Election Day confusion
By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY With more than 120 million Americans expected to cast ballots for president this fall, the nation’s voting process seems more convoluted than ever and rife with…
FBI says it’s evaluating abuse allegations against Pitt
By ANTHONY McCARTNEY The FBI is gathering information about an incident involving Brad Pitt and his family aboard a private flight last week, the agency confirmed Thursday. Spokeswoman Laura Eimiller…
Germany: Small-town clash exposes tense mood toward migrants
By FRANK JORDANS Standing on a hillside near this ancient town in eastern Germany, Firas al-Habbal winces as he explains why he doesn’t go “there” anymore. “There” is the center…
Pro-painkiller echo chamber shaped policy amid drug epidemic
By MATTHEW PERRONE and BEN WIEDER For more than a decade, members of a little-known group called the Pain Care Forum have blanketed Washington with messages touting prescription painkillers’ vital…
Naturalized US citizen from Afghanistan sought in NYC blast
By JAKE PEARSON and ALICIA A. CALDWELL Police released a photo of a 28-year-old immigrant wanted for questioning Monday in bombings that rocked a Manhattan neighborhood and a New Jersey…