DNC creates board to study cybersecurity
The Latest on the U.S. presidential race (All times EDT): 5:19 p.m. The Democratic National Committee is creating an advisory board on cybersecurity in the aftermath of an embarrassing email…
Suburbs
City officials: 3 dead, 1 hurt in shooting north of Seattle
A gunman killed three and injured a fourth person early Saturday in a suburban Seattle home where young people had gathered, police said. The suspect was pulled over and arrested…
DIVIDED AMERICA: Town and country offer differing realities
From where Peggy Sheahan stands, deep in rural Colorado, the last eight years were abysmal. Otero County, where Sheahan lives, is steadily losing population. Middle-class jobs vanished years ago as…
American Muslims decry Cruz community surveillance comments
By JEFF KAROUB Some American Muslims feel they are once again on the defensive following presidential candidate Ted Cruz’s suggestion that Muslim-dominated neighborhoods should be subject to increased surveillance in…
At least 2 gunmen ambush Pennsylvania party, killing 5
Police searched Thursday for at least two gunmen who opened fire during a backyard party in suburban Pittsburgh, killing five people and wounding three others as they rushed toward the…
Pope warns against devil in hardscrabble Mexico City suburb
Hundreds of thousands of people gathered Sunday for the biggest event of Pope Francis’ five-day trip to Mexico, a Mass in the capital’s crime-ridden suburb of Ecatepec, where drug violence,…
Ferguson is defiant again in deal with Justice Department
By JIM SALTER and ERIC TUCKER Defiance has often defined Ferguson in the 18 months since a police officer fatally shot Michael Brown and provoked an examination of how poor…
France tackles discrimination, inequalities after attacks
The French government launched a new effort Thursday to heal social and religious fractures by better teaching children about secular values and steering them away from extremist propaganda, after French-born…