GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israel and Gaza’s ruling Hamas agreed Tuesday to an open-ended cease-fire after seven weeks of fighting – an uneasy deal that...
WASHINGTON — The Islamic State militant group is holding hostage a young American woman who was doing humanitarian aid work in Syria, a family representative said...
Vancouver — Building permits issuance in Vancouver reached a record high of $1.12 billion for the first semester of 2014, the highest since the recession in...
NAPA, California — A powerful earthquake that struck the heart of California’s wine country caught many people sound asleep, sending dressers, mirrors and pictures crashing down...
WASHINGTON — While in office, former President George H. W. Bush once plaintively asked, “What is it about August?” Indeed, this sultry month usually associated with...
JERUSALEM — Israel’s prime minister is trying to capitalize on the gruesome video of an American journalist’s beheading by the Islamic State extremist group, saying Hamas...
WASHINGTON — As the U.S. mourned an American journalist executed by Islamic militants, the nation found something of a reprieve with the release of another freelance...
TORONTO — The pay is a pittance, the conditions are gruelling, and the personal risks are all too real. The need for international health-care workers to...
CHICAGO — Pediatricians have a new prescription for schools: later start times for teens. Delaying the start of the school day until at least 8:30 a.m....
ROCHESTER, N.H. — Slain U.S. journalist James Foley was living his faith by bringing images to the world of people suffering from war and oppressive regimes,...