Terrorist threat to continue
The directors of the FBI and CIA say Islamic State extremists will continue to pose serious national security problems for the United States and Europe in coming years.
Hostage rescue attempt fails
U.S. forces launch rescue mission to retrieve two men kidnapped by insurgents in Afghanistan last month, but the hostages aren’t there when the rescuers arrive.
Whose numbers are slipping?
The growth of the U.S. Latino population — once the nation’s fastest growing — slows considerably over the past seven years and slips behind that of Asian Americans amid declining Hispanic immigration and birth rates.
California renews climate push
Gov. Jerry Brown extends the nation’s most ambitious climate change law by another 10 years as California charts a new goal to reduce carbon pollution.
Savannah loses local legend
The Lady Chablis, the transgender performer who became famous for her role in the 1994 best-seller Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, dies in Savannah, Ga. She was 59.