Town once run by polygamist leader is sharply divided
By BRADY McCOMBS As polygamist leader Warren Jeffs awaited his fate in a Texas prison, he sent an order to his followers on the Utah-Arizona border: Build me a new…
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Image of Asia: Rehearsing for India’s Republic Day parade
By The Associated Press In this photo by Saurabh Das, Indian soldiers march down Rajpath, a ceremonial boulevard, during rehearsal ahead of next week’s Republic Day parade. President Barack Obama…
Yemen rebels call for protests a day after president resigns
Yemen’s Shiite rebels have called on supporters to hold mass rallies, a day after the country’s embattled president and Cabinet resigned. The Houthi rebels called for the demonstrations to be…
Russia: country must prepare for deeper, longer crisis
A top Russian official says the country’s economic crisis will worsen and is likely to be longer than the last one in 2008-2009. During a debate Friday at the World…
Hands-on with Microsoft’s hologram device
By BRANDON BAILEY Microsoft didn’t use skydivers or stunt cyclists to introduce what it hopes will be the next big leap in computing technology. Instead, with its new HoloLens headset,…
What issues roil Washington? Obama’s veto threats are clues
By NANCY BENAC President Barack Obama has a telling hit list. The veto threats that he’s issued over the last three weeks are a microcosm of American politics, representing the…
Kerry: Iraq coalition has killed 50 percent of IS leaders
By KEN DILANIAN and JILL LAWLESS Iraq and its allies have made significant gains in battling Islamic State militants, killing thousands of fighters and 50 percent of the group’s top…
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…