WASHINGTON — On paper at least, European leaders agree: They need stronger growth measures to help their economies expand out of their 2 ½-year-old government debt crisis. Figuring out exactly what those new steps might be will be the hard part.
BEIRUT — Gunmen fired rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns early Monday in intense street battles in the Lebanese capital, wounding six people as fears mounted that the conflict in neighboring Syria was bleeding across the border.
GUNTOWN, Miss. — As a SWAT team closed in, a fugitive accused of killing a Tennessee mother and daughter before disappearing for nearly two weeks with her two other children killed himself Thursday evening, allowing authorities to safely recover the kidnapped girls, police said.
A proposal that resulted in an area fire chief being forced from his post could be getting a second lease on life.
City of Delaware Police Chief Russ Martin received a boost this week in his bid to become the next Delaware County Sheriff after the Republican Party’s screening committee recommended on Tuesday evening that he be selected for the position.
CHICAGO — Less than a month old, Savannah Dannelley scrunches her tiny face into a scowl as a nurse gently squirts a dose of methadone into her mouth. The infant is going through drug withdrawal and is being treated with the same narcotic prescribed for her mother to fight addiction to powerful prescription painkillers.
BEIRUT — Two weeks into a cease-fire agreement, there still was no peace in Syria: Security agents in Damascus collected the remains of 10 people killed in a suicide bombing. Activists reported troops firing on protesters. Video showed a crowd carrying a slain boy to U.N. observers as proof of regime violence.
The field of candidates to replace former Delaware County Sheriff Walter L. Davis III has been whittled down to three names.