WASHINGTON – A poll in Europe finds that most West Europeans believe that China has either supplanted or will supplant the United States as the world’s leading power. The findings are part of a 22-nation poll Wednesday by the nonpartisan Pew Research Center. The annual Global Attitudes Project poll found that despite Western Europe’s doubts […]

WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security plans to spend more than $300 million over the next four years on radiation-detection equipment that has not been fully tested and may not work, according to a budget request and an unreleased report by the Government Accountability Office. The department’s plan is the latest in a series […]

Backers say it protects patients from harassment; doctors say it limits their ability to give health advice.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Crowds of mourners lined the streets in front of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum as Betty Ford’s casket arrived Wednesday for a memorial service. Grand Rapids is where the former first lady grew up and wed the man who became the only president from Michigan. People lined up for a […]

ISLAMABAD Pakistan embracing request for wind farm construction  Pakistan is ready to approve a Norwegian company’s request to build a 150-megawatt wind farm, the first part of a $1 billion plan that could boost by a third the announced capacity for clean-energy power plants. Pakistan is seeking to diversify its energy supplies away from oil […]

SEATTLE — Authorities in Washington state say they’re outraged that a former pilot accused of molesting young boys is being allowed to watch videos he made of the incidents while in jail awaiting trial. “The whole thing is just dirty,” Pierce County Sheriff’s Detective Ed Troyer said Wednesday. “Now that victims know he’s going to […]