CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is extending indefinitely the closure of a popular border crossing with Colombia and declaring a 60-day state of emergency in several western cities. Maduro earlier in the week announced a 72-hour closure of the normally busy crossing in Tachira state in response to …

ATHENS, Greece – Two Greek coast guard vessels are searching the waters off the eastern coast of the island of Lesbos for four people still missing after a dinghy carrying migrants or refugees capsized while making its way across from the nearby Turkish coast. The search continued Tuesday, a day …

UNITED NATIONS – The U.N. envoy for Libya says he is “increasingly confident” that U.N.-brokered peace talks are in their final stages, and he is urging both sides not to squander the opportunity. Libya has slid into chaos since the 2011 NATO-backed uprising that ended Moammar Gadhafi’s four-decade reign. The …

GAUHATI, India – India’s army says it has killed five insurgents from a Naga rebel group months after it carried out an attack on the military in the country’s remote northeastern region bordering Myanmar. Col. Newton, an army spokesman who uses one name, says the soldiers attacked the rebels on …

QUETTA, Pakistan – Authorities say gunmen have attacked a small airport in restive southwestern Pakistan, killing one official there and kidnapping another. Civil Aviation Authority spokesman Pervez George says armed men on motorcycles stormed Baluchistan province’s Jewni airport early Sunday and destroyed navigational equipment there after killing the official on …

CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE, N.J. – The Atlantic City bomb squad was dispatched to a southern New Jersey home over the weekend after a man dug up a live cannonball in his backyard. Police say the Lower Township man was digging behind his West Bates Avenue home when he discovered …

I am a big believer in the passage from Luke: “To whom much is given much is expected”. This is also chapter 10 in my book “Getting Real”. I try to instill this in my children on a daily basis. When my daughter heard about the Newtown shooting, it hit …

COLUMBUS, Ohio – A family is suing an Ohio funeral company after their deceased relative’s body was misplaced and the wrong corpse was displayed for a private viewing. Seven family members of Nivina Cargill filed the lawsuit Monday against Smoot Funeral Services, which works out of Edwards Funeral Home. The …

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – University of Florida police say electronics, computers and other items were stolen from a New Mexico State team personnel bus during Saturday’s game. Brad Barber of the university police department said Sunday that the bus, which carried football staff members, was parked outside the stadium in a …

NEW YORK – The Fire Department of New York is adding 21 names to a memorial wall recognizing firefighters who died of illness after being part of the World Trade Center rescue and recovery effort. Thousands of people who spent time in the dusty rubble of the twin towers have …