National News

Barney Frank, a liberal congressman and trailblazer for gay rights, dies. He was 86

Kansas farmers hit hard by weather extremes and growing costs, wheat crop could be worst since 1972

Blanche says US expects Castro to answer to indictment in US, ‘by his own will or by another way’

Lawsuit accuses Massachusetts schools of segregating students of color in low-opportunity districts

Neptune’s mysterious moon Nereid may be an original, study shows

Inmate convicted of killing another man by throwing gasoline at him and lighting a match is executed in Arizona