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  • Indian authorities detained a pigeon suspected of spying for Pakistan. That has sparked humorous reactions from both nations. Yet, there's nothing outlandish about pigeons being used for espionage.
  • The region was already devastated by a magnitude-7.8 temblor on April 25 that killed more than 8,000 people. The new quake destroyed buildings and triggered landslides.
  • One estimate puts the reconstruction at more than $5 billion – or about a quarter of the country's GDP. Countries — and relief groups — are pledging to help.
  • Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said the Senate will vote no later than March 3 to override the veto. But Republicans do not appear to have enough votes to override the veto.
  • Preventing homegrown terrorism is the focus of meetings at the White House this week. Experts say more than 20,000 foreign fighters have traveled to Syria to sign up with the so-called Islamic State.
  • On Presidents Day, we consider some presidential firsts when it comes to new technologies. Play along: Who was the first president to have a telephone? How about the first to ride on a steamboat?
  • The attack occurred near the city's Marshal Fahim military academy. It is the fourth major attack by militants in little more than a week.
  • They're back! Low-power WKRP TV (Channel 25) has added two networks from sister station WOTH-TV (Channel 20), which stopped broadcasting Tuesday.
  • Malu Halasa was born in the United States and grew up in Akron, the daughter of a Jordanian father and a Filipino mother. Today she's an acclaimed writer focusing on arts and culture issues in the Middle East. Halasa's back home in Northeast Ohio for the holidays and she's brought with her a debut novel - Mother of All Pigs. Halasa has fond memories of growing up in Akron, especially of her high school English teacher Elizabeth Frazier, the mother of New Yorker writer Ian Frazier.
  • After news that he asked a woman with whom he had an affair to get an abortion, Pennsylvania Republican Rep. Tim Murphy announced he won't seek re-election. He's a member of the House Pro-Life Caucus.
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