Nation & World
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PublishedDecember 25, 2013
Seattle teen saved from bullet by glasses feels ‘lucky to be alive’
The girl was asleep on the couch when an apparent drive-by shooting left her injured.
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PublishedDecember 25, 2013
Health law not first new program with launch woes
Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare and SSI were also beset with major early problems, but ended up being embraced. Democrats hope history repeats itself.
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PublishedDecember 24, 2013
U.N. says mass grave of 34 found in South Sudan
There’s a possibility for peace negotiations, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says.
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PublishedDecember 24, 2013
Christmas wrapping paper only recyclable in some areas
In Greater Portland, ecomaine does recycle wrapping paper, says a member of ecomaine's board of directors.
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PublishedDecember 24, 2013
Israel launches Gaza airstrikes for worker killing
Palestinian officials report a young girl killed and 10 people injured in the attack - a response to the deadly shooting of an Israeli civilian by a Palestinian sniper.
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PublishedDecember 24, 2013
In the Philippines, Christmas infused with tragedy
The Nov. 8 typhoon killed more than 6,100 people in the eastern Philippines, displaced at least 4 million others and left a country in ruins.
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PublishedDecember 24, 2013
Judge sentences man to write ‘boys do not hit girls’ 5,000 times
The judge whose actions in a rape case sparked a national furor in August also sentences the man to six months in jail for fracturing the woman’s face during an argument.
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PublishedDecember 24, 2013
Health care website tested as record numbers buy in
Error rates are lower than 1 in 200, and pages load quickly as the site receives nearly 2 million visits Monday.
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PublishedDecember 24, 2013
Astronauts make rare Christmas Eve spacewalk in ‘mini blizzard’
NASA ordered up the spacewalks to revive and repair a critical cooling loop at the International Space Station.
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PublishedDecember 24, 2013
Boyfriend ordered held in Mass. missing boy case
The boy was last seen by relatives in September and is feared dead. Authorities learned about the boy’s disappearance only recently.
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