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• Anger over spying mounts

  June 11, 2013 on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The Obama administration faced fresh anger Monday at home and abroad over U.S. spy programs that track phone and Internet messages around the world in the hope of … 101

• Government ends birth control fight

  June 11, 2013 on Page A1 NEW YORK – The federal government on Monday told a judge it will reverse course and take steps to comply with his order to allow girls of any age to … 3

• BP ends cleanup in 3 Gulf states

  June 11, 2013 on Page A2 Three years after a cataclysmic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, oil producer BP announced Monday that active oil cleanup had ended in three states hit by the disaster. …

• Warming a threat to Earth, report says

  June 11, 2013 on Page A2 WASHINGTON – Emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases are growing at such a rate that the world will likely exceed a safe limit in average global temperatures by the end of … 15

• In brief: Bomb threat diverts flight leaving L.A.

  June 11, 2013 on Page A3 PHOENIX – A “telephonic bomb threat” against a Southwest Airlines flight from Los Angeles to Austin, Texas, resulted in the plane being diverted to Phoenix on Monday afternoon, the FBI …

• Pentagon planning Guantanamo trial

  June 11, 2013 on Page A3 GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba – U.S. military prosecutors announced plans Monday to add another case to the docket of the war crimes tribunal at Guantanamo amid efforts by President …

• Senate passes farm bill

  June 11, 2013 on Page A3 WASHINGTON – The Senate on Monday passed a five-year, half-trillion-dollar farm bill that expands government subsidies for crop insurance, rice and peanuts while making small cuts to food stamps. The …

• Grand jury will probe Philly building collapse

  June 11, 2013 on Page A3 PHILADELPHIA – The city’s top prosecutor announced a grand jury was being convened to investigate a building collapse that killed six people and injured 13 others, including a woman who …

• Ten women escape limousine fire

  June 11, 2013 on Page A3 SAN FRANCISCO – Ten women – some of them in their 90s – escaped unharmed from a limousine that began smoking and caught fire in Northern California just more than …

• British museum raises WWII German plane

  June 11, 2013 on Page A4 LONDON – A British museum on Monday successfully recovered a German bomber shot down over the English Channel during World War II. The aircraft, nicknamed the Luftwaffe’s “flying pencil” because …

• Car bombs hit Iraq

  June 11, 2013 on Page A4 BAGHDAD – A wave of car bombings rocked central and northern Iraq on Monday, killing at least 57 people and extending the deadliest eruption of violence to hit the country …

• In brief: U.N. chief calls for more AIDS funding

  June 11, 2013 on Page A4 UNITED NATIONS – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says the overall U.N. goal of halting and reversing the spread of AIDS will be met by the target date of 2015. But the …

• Twitter welcomes @HillaryClinton

  June 11, 2013 on Page A4 Twitter, meet @HillaryClinton. Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton joined Twitter on Monday, describing herself with a dash of humor as a “pantsuit aficionado” and a “hair icon.”

• Pakistan ends drone strike OKs

  June 11, 2013 on Page A4 ISLAMABAD – In office for less than a week, Pakistan’s new prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, vented his anger Monday at two recent U.S. drone strikes, all but accusing his country’s …

• Leak highlights role of private sector

  June 11, 2013 on Page A10 NEW YORK – The U.S. government monitors threats to national security with the help of nearly 500,000 people like Edward Snowden – employees of private firms who have access to … 1

• Feds to comply with morning-after pill ruling

  June 10, 2013 NEW YORK (AP) — The federal government on Monday told a judge it will reverse course and take steps to comply with his order to allow girls of any age … 6

• Mandela remains in serious but stable condition

  June 10, 2013 JOHANNESBURG — Nelson Mandela was in serious but stable condition in a Pretoria hospital for the third day Monday with a recurring lung infection, and a foundation led by retired … 3

• NSA worker source of leak

  June 10, 2013 on Page A1 WASHINGTON – A 29-year-old contractor who claims to have worked at the National Security Agency and the CIA allowed himself to be revealed Sunday as the source of disclosures about … 28

• Koreas agree to hold senior-level meeting in Seoul

  June 10, 2013 on Page A1 SEOUL, South Korea – North and South Korea agreed today to hold senior-level talks this week in Seoul, a breakthrough of sorts to ease tensions after Pyongyang’s recent threats of … 1

• ‘Kinky Boots’ takes six Tony Awards

  June 10, 2013 on Page A2 NEW YORK – The feel-good musical “Kinky Boots,” with songs by pop star and Broadway newcomer Cyndi Lauper, won a leading six 2013 Tony Awards on Sunday, including best musical, … 1

• Ukraine pianist wins world competition

  June 10, 2013 on Page A2 FORT WORTH, Texas – Vadym Kholodenko, of Ukraine, has won the 14th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, just four months after the death of the contest’s namesake. Beatrice Rana, of …

• South Africans pray for Mandela

  June 10, 2013 on Page A3 JOHANNESBURG – Members of former President Nelson Mandela’s family visited him at a hospital Sunday as South Africans prayed for him in churches around the country. Mandela, revered around the …

• Attackers target Kabul airport

  June 10, 2013 on Page A3 KABUL, Afghanistan – At least seven heavily armed Taliban insurgents attacked near Afghanistan’s main airport today, apparently trying to attack NATO’s airport headquarters with rocket-propelled grenades, assault rifles and at …

• Fifth victim in California rampage dies

  June 10, 2013 on Page A3 SANTA MONICA, Calif. – A woman who was critically wounded in the Santa Monica shooting spree died Sunday, bringing the total number of victims killed by the gunman to five. … 1

• In brief: Protester killed near Iran Embassy

  June 10, 2013 on Page A3 BEIRUT – A Lebanese demonstrator was shot dead outside the Iranian Embassy in Beirut on Sunday when clashes erupted over Shiite militant group Hezbollah’s involvement in the neighboring civil war …

• U.S. close to allowing arming of Syrian rebels, sources say

  June 10, 2013 on Page A4 WASHINGTON – Moved by the Assad regime’s rapid advance, the Obama administration could decide this week to approve lethal aid for the beleaguered Syrian rebels and will weigh the merits … 2

• Wookie woe: TSA agents stop Chewbacca actor

  June 9, 2013 Not even Chewbacca and his light saber get a free pass with airport security before being cleared to travel. 2

• Report: NSA contract worker is surveillance source

  June 9, 2013 Risking prosecution by the U.S. government, a 29-year-old intelligence analyst who claims to have worked at the National Security Agency and the CIA was revealed as the source of The … 24

• Two Koreas talk in border village

  June 9, 2013 on Page A2 SEOUL, South Korea – Government delegates from North and South Korea began preparatory talks today on their heavily armed border aimed at setting ground rules for a higher-level discussion on …

• Lung infection puts Mandela in hospital

  June 9, 2013 on Page A3 JOHANNESBURG – Former South African President Nelson Mandela has been hospitalized in serious condition with a lung infection, according to government officials here, the latest in a worrisome series of …

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