Syrian Rebels Seize U.N. Peacekeepers
The U.N. is demanding the immediate release of 21 peacekeepers seized by members of the Syrian opposition in the disputed Golan Heights area between Syria and Israel.
U.S. Spent Too Much In Iraq, Got Little In Return, Watchdog Report Says
A decade and $60 billion later what does the U.S. have to show for the reconstruction efforts in Iraq?
House Gives OK To $982 Billion Short-Term Spending Bill
The House has approved a bill to fund the federal government through the end of September.
Judge Intervenes In Heated Battle Over Alabama’s Education Bill
A judge in Alabama has blocked the state’s governor from signing a school choice bill, after a lawsuit alleged that lawmakers bypassed state rules when they substantially revised the legislation in committee.
198,000 Jobs Added In February, Report Shows; January Growth Revised Upward
There were 198,000 jobs added to private employers’ payrolls in February, according to the latest ADP National Employment Report — a privately produced snapshot of the employment picture that’s sometimes a signal of what the Bureau of Labor Statistics will say when it releases its data from the same month.
South Korea Vows Retaliation If Pyongyang Makes Good On Military Threat
South Korea upped the ante on Wednesday after Pyongyang threatened to scrap the armistice that ended a brutal war between the rival neighbors in 1953, promising retaliation for any North Korean attack.
A Costly Catch-22 In States Forgoing Medicaid Expansion
Poor adults who live in states that don’t go along with the federal health overhaul’s expansion of Medicaid expansion face a double whammy.
For Baby Boomers, Lessons In Financial Basics
The oldest of the baby boomers came of age in the 1960s and are beginning to retire. Baby boomers are a giant portion of the population — 78 million people, by one estimate.
Pilot Reports Seeing Drone In Sky Near JFK
The pilot of an Alitalia pilot flying into New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport told controllers Monday afternoon that he had spotted “a drone aircraft” 1,500 feet high in the sky and approximately 5 miles west of the airport.
Scientists Are The New Kings (Or At Least Secretaries) At Energy Department
With President Obama naming Ernest Moniz to be the nation’s next energy secretary, he continued a relatively recent trend of putting scientists atop a part of the federal bureaucracy once overseen by political types.
