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National monuments: Stand up for them

President Theodore Roosevelt, who signed the Antiquities Act into law, created 18 monuments , including the Grand Canyon and Olympic National Park in Wash...

Israel minister says Damascus blast consistent with country's policy

Israeli Intelligence Minister Israel Katz, speaking from the United States where he has been meeting U.S. officials, told Israeli Army Radio: "I can confirm...

Setting aside human rights, Trump courts Asian leaders

Duterte's tough methodology isn't the only source of outrage and condemnation. In the Philippines, a presidential spokesman said Trump had expressed underst...

North Korea confirms latest detention of American citizen

The state-run KCNA news agency said the American, identified last month as Kim Sang Dok, was arrested on April 22 at the Pyongyang airport for committing "hos...

North Korean confirms detention of American citizen

The decision to install the missile shield was made by the US and South Korea last July. In another development, CIA Director Mike Pompeo arrived in South Kor...

US, China talk firmer United Nations response to North Korea's missiles: diplomats

Trump said this week that he would be "honored" to meet Kim "under the right circumstances". Instead, he proposed Trump's policy of applying sanctions and pr...

New rules or rain? Lake Ontario residents seethe over floods

The public and especially children are warned to stay well back from the shorelines of Lake Ontario and the outlets of streams near the shoreline to avoid hazar...

Rabbi's Tweet Shows Steve Bannon's Whiteboard To-Do List

Reports regarding Bannon's influence on President Trump have conflicted in recent weeks. The first item on the list is "Repeal and Replace Obamacare". Althoug...

Trump Says He Would Be 'Honored' to Meet Kim Jong

Trump told Bloomberg News during an interview that he would be honored to meet with Kim at an unspecified future date "if it would be appropriate". North Ko...

Moderate Republican crafts plan to boost stalled health bill

GOP leaders can lose only 22 from their ranks and still pass the bill, and an Associated Press tally found 19 opposed even after Upton and Long got on board. Se...

Death toll in Turkish airstrike on Syria Kurds said to hit 28

It said the operations were conducted to prevent infiltration of Kurdish rebels, weapons, ammunition and explosives from those areas into Turkey. Kurdish pa...

Jail escape shootings suspect to be extradited

Wesley Correa-Carmenaty used a sharp object to attack Pottawattamie County Sheriff's Deputy Mark Burbridge, said the source, who spoke on the condition of not b...

UK parliament dissolves before June vote

As per the British Parliament website, there are no more any member of parliament and every seat in the Commons has been emptied until after the general polls o...

Budget Deal Reached; Session Will End Monday

It's the first time in memory that so much of the budget negotiations were conducted in private and it took place in a year in which Corcoran, a Republican lawy...

OPCW to investigate alleged Syria chemical weapons attack in two months

However, it is not yet mandated to also visit the Shayrat air base in the central Syrian province of Homs. French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said sa...

Theresa May vows to ensure Scotland and UK 'flourish together'

She told activists: "An SNP vote will deliver strong voices for Scotland". The visit came on the 20th anniversary of Labour winning the 1997 election under To...

Obamas to visit Chicago to discuss planned library, museum

The construction of the center is projected to be completed four years from now but the former president and former first lady's donation will happen this year ...

Trump, Putin had 'very good' talk about ending Syria war: White House

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday held a telephone conversation with US President Donald Trump, Sputnik reported. "The events in eastern Ukraine a...

Another health insurer warns it might leave Iowa market

Medica, a Minnesota-based health insurer, released a statement suggesting it was close to following two larger carriers in deciding not to sell such policies in...

Famed climber Ueli Steck killed in accident near Mount Everest

Asked about the upcoming expedition, Steck told Swiss daily Tages-Anzeiger in an interview last month: "When I'm on Everest I can stop at any point". Dozens o...

A Macron Victory Won't Be a Win for Liberalism

If she was dissatisfied, which would be most likely, she would urge voters to support France's exit, following Britain's example after its referendum last...

Macron on risky hunt for blue-collar votes against Le Pen

A survey by Harris Interactive released Wednesday showed 61 percent of voters thought Le Pen had started the final stretch of campaigning well and 52 percent ...

Trump did not clear Duterte invitation with State Department

This was how the Palace reacted to the revelation that Trump invited Duterte to visit the White House during a "friendly" phone conversation Saturday night, fol...

USA looks at sanctions, military action to counter North Korea

But "there is reason to be concerned" about North Korea's missile tests, she added. "The Trump administration is in this unusual lull, where a sort of false c...

Trump vows 'we will confront anti-Semitism' at Holocaust memorial ceremony

Holocaust Memorial Museum's Days of Remembrance ceremony on Tuesday morning. "Iran and the Islamic State want to destroy us, and a hatred for Jews is being di...

New York Times posts 1Q profit

The paper also saw overall gains taking in $13 million of net income, compared with a $14 million net loss from the same period in the previous year. Operating ...

Priebus: Visit from Philippines leader 'necessary' to deal with North Korea

Speaking as chairman of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) the notoriously blunt Duterte said one misstep would be a "catastrophe" and Asia w...

Zarif: US Defies Letter, Spirit of Nuclear Pact

Trump's comments came amid a series of highly critical remarks from top administration officials and rebuttals from Tehran over the 2015 deal , which requires ...

Longmont weather: High of 63 with a chance of afternoon showers

Wednesday Night . Showers likely. Thursday brings a risk of a shower, but temperatures remain near normal. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Wednesday - P...

USA state of Arkansas executes 2 inmates, first since 2000

Williams moves for an immediate stay of his execution pending further review of the Jones execution in this Court", Williams's lawyers said in the motion to s...

Israel reprimands Swedish ambassador over UNESCO vote

Intensive Israeli diplomatic effort succeeded in breaking up the agreement between 11 European countries on UNESCO's executive committee and the Palestinians ...

Meet the Brexit voter who humiliated Tim Farron

Pensioner Malcolm Baker accused Farron of thinking Leave voters are racist, and suggested he was always "running Britain down". Mr Baker was then invited to h...

Ivanka Trump Was Reluctant to Give Maternity Leave to Her Employees

Fortune Magazine has published some excerpts from her book, and Ivanka Trump candidly recommends taking a vacation regularly, taking her children to work f...

China Reiterates Opposition To THAAD Anti-Missile System In South Korea

Deeming President Barack Obama's "strategic patience" with North Korea a total failure, Trump and his aides say they're taking a more aggressive approach, at ti...

Comey testifies a day after sharp criticism from Trump, Clinton

Comey said on Wednesday the probe into whether Russian hacking activities and American citizens was a classified investigation in its early stages - far diffe...