By KEN DILANIAN Associated Press (WASHINGTON, AP) — CIA Director John Brennan says the hack of his personal email account underscores that everyone is vulnerable to the compromise of personal information on… Read more »
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Homicide spike draws alarm from Obama administration
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press (WASHINGTON, AP) — This year has brought an unusually grim and steady drumbeat of violence throughout the country. A 5-year-old girl killed this month in Cleveland in… Read more »
Boehner to push budget vote over conservative opposition
By ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press (WASHINGTON, AP) — House Republican leaders on Tuesday pushed toward a vote on a two-year budget deal despite conservative opposition, relying on the backing of Democrats for… Read more »
Carter: More airstrikes, other shifts coming against IS
By DEB RIECHMANN and ROBERT BURNS Associated Press (WASHINGTON, AP) — Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Tuesday the Obama administration is preparing to accelerate its military campaign against Islamic State militants, including… Read more »

New general surgeon in town
By ANDREA LOPEZ Features Editor (WARRENSBURG, Mo., digitalBURG) — With a heart for healthcare and a couple cavities she had growing up, Amira Ghazali was destined to become a dentist. However,… Read more »
Missouri AG presses anew for EPA fix to landfill fire
By JIM SUHR (ST. LOUIS, AP) — Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster says a weekend brush fire near a suburban St. Louis landfill makes a pressing case for a federal… Read more »
VSAP introduces bystander intervention program
By LEAH WANKUM Managing Editor This is a true story. A student at another university went to a house party and saw someone take an unconscious person to a bedroom…. Read more »
Senate bill could cut nonviolent drug offenders’ sentences
By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press (WASHINGTON, AP) — Nonviolent drug offenders could be eligible for shorter prison sentences under legislation a Senate committee is considering. The Senate Judiciary Committee is expected… Read more »
Pentagon: American killed in raid to free Iraqis held by IS
By ROBERT BURNS and BRAM JANSSEN Associated Press (WASHINGTON, AP) — Believing that Islamic State captives held on a compound in northern Iraq faced “imminent mass execution,” dozens of U.S. special operations… Read more »
Cybersecurity: Senate takes initial step to bill’s passage
By TAMI ABDOLLAH Associated Press (WASHINGTON, AP) — The Senate has taken an initial step toward passing a bill aimed at improving cybersecurity. The bill is intended to encourage the sharing of… Read more »