WASHINGTON – Loretta Lynch was a federal prosecutor in New York when she encountered an astonishing case of police brutality: the broomstick sodomy of a Haitian immigrant in a precinct…
Mourners grieve as the body of police Lt. Gen. Faisal Malik is taken for burial before a funeral procession in Baghdad, Iraq, on Saturday. A suicide truck bomber targeting a…
“It’s a wonderful day for them and their families,” Obama said at the White House following his announcement of his pick for attorney general. “Obviously we are very grateful for…
The results released by the Marin County sheriff’s office found the actor had taken prescription medications, but in “therapeutic concentrations.” The coroner ruled Williams’ death a suicide that resulted from…
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama authorized a broad expansion on Friday of the U.S. military mission in Iraq that will boost the total number of American troops there to about…
East German border guard remembers ‘unimaginable’ night
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Retired World War II bombardier Robert Scroggins, 92, stands in front of a B-17 bomber “Aluminum Overcast” in Montgomery, Ala.Brynn Anderson/Associated Press Keeping the old warbirds in the air is…
The city of Detroit now has just 688,000 residents, down by nearly 50 percent since 2980 when it had 1.2 residents. The city is emerging from bankruptcy just 16 months…
Evan Vucci/Associated Press<br><br>President Barack Obama meets Friday with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, left, and House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio in the Oval Office of the White…
An automotive service technology student works on a car at the Community College of Philadelphia Thursday in Philadelphia.Matt Rourke/Associated Press The Labor Department also said a combined 31,000 more jobs…
Republicans are counting on a swift vote in early 2015 on building the Keystone XL pipeline to carry oil from Canada to the U.S. Gulf Coast now that Republicans have…
NEW YORK – Hackers stole 53 million email addresses in addition to customers’ card data, Home Depot said Thursday. The nation’s largest home improvement chain had disclosed the massive breach…
BRUSSELS – About 100,000 workers marched across Brussels Thursday to protest government free-market reforms and austerity measures, and the demonstration ended in violence when people set fire to cars and…
Militant group’s fighters getting bogged down in costly battles
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sets stage for high court to step in to decide issue
COTONOU, Benin – With nearly 5,000 dead of Ebola in West Africa, the World Health Organization elected a new director Wednesday of its Africa office, which has been accused of…
ST. LOUIS – A state judge overturned Missouri’s constitutional ban on gay marriage Wednesday in a ruling that immediately set off a rush among some same-sex couples to apply for…
District of Columbia voters approved legalizing marijuana use Tuesday, but the Republican-controlled Congress could have the final say on whether the law goes into effect.Jacquelyn Martin/Associated Press Voters in Oregon…
President Barack Obama said Wednesday that “it was time for us to take care of business” and that he thinks there are areas that he and a Republican controlled Congress…
Botswana Dr. Matshidiso Moeti will take over in February as the new director of the World Health Organization’s Afrida office.Valentin Salako/Associated Press The new chief, Matshidiso Moeti, is a doctor…
From left, Topher Jones, of Denton, Texas; Edward Hartmann, of Dalla;s and Angie Holliday of Denton, hold a campaign sign outside city hall in Denton, Texas. An energy industry group…
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker makes a campaign stop at Kroll’s West in Ashwaubenon, Wis., on Election Day.W. Marc Larson/The Green Bay Press-Gazette Walker’s victory in Wisconsin was part of a…
More than a third of those who voted for a Republican House candidate were dissatisfied or angry with GOP leaders in Congress, according to preliminary exit polls. A quarter of…
