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For first time, MIT’s free online classes can lead to degree
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has offered free online courses for the last four years with one major downside:…
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Obama apologizes to aid group for US attack on Afghan clinic
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama apologized to Doctors Without Borders on Wednesday for the American air attack that killed at least 22…
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Migrant influx boosts right-wing in key Austrian election
VIENNA (AP) — Just a few days after more than 100,000 people turned out in Vienna to support refugees, an anti-refugee…
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US judge declines to undo government order on green cards
SEATTLE (AP) — Lawyers for a group of highly skilled immigrants from India and China say they'll keep pressing the government…
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Nuclear smugglers sought ISIS, other extremist buyers
CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Over the pulsating beat at an exclusive nightclub, the arms smuggler made his pitch to a client: 2.5…
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EU offers Turkey incentives to better tackle refugee crisis
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is ready to offer Turkey new incentives to better tackle the Syria refugee crisis, including money, the…
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Fighting erupts in central Syria amid Russian airstrikes
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian troops backed by Russian airstrikes battled insurgents in central Syria on Wednesday in the first major ground fighting since…
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Harvard’s prestigious debate team loses to NY inmates
BOSTON (AP) — Months after winning a national title, Harvard's debate team has fallen to a group of New York inmates.…
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McCarthy’s pledge to conservatives: ‘I’m not John Boehner’
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy is promising conservative GOP lawmakers "I'm not John Boehner" as he…
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Kerouac’s knickknacks go on the road back to Lowell
LOWELL, Mass. (AP) — The eclectic bric-a-brac that comforted and inspired writer Jack Kerouac is going on the road. "Kerouac…
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Amid unrest in West Bank, Israel demolishes militants’ homes
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military on Tuesday demolished homes of two Palestinian militants in east Jerusalem, the army's first concrete…
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Boston-bound airline pilot dies; co-pilot lands safely
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — An American Airlines pilot became gravely ill while flying from Phoenix to Boston and later died, but his…
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US government deports fewest immigrants in nearly a decade
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration deported the fewest number of immigrants in the past 12 months since 2006, according to new government…
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Obama rejects candidates’ ideas for solving crisis in Syria
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is accusing White House hopefuls of concocting "half-baked" ideas for solving the crisis in…
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Familiar, divisive social issues on Supreme Court agenda
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is starting a new term that promises a steady stream of divisive social issues, and also brighter…
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Europe’s story: Layers of migration
LONDON (AP) — London's Brick Lane Mosque started as a church for Protestants hounded from Catholic France — for whom the word…
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1965 Immigration Act, presented as symbolic, changed nation
It was considered a symbolic move — President Lyndon Johnson going to the Statue of Liberty and signing an immigration bill that gave people from every country in the world an equal chance to come to America.
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Newport Jazz Festival founder George Wein turns 90
NEW YORK (AP) — Newport Jazz Festival Founder George Wein was singing the blues just hours before turning 90 on Saturday. On the…
