By TERESA CEROJANOAssociated PressMANILA, PhilippinesA 7.6-magnitude quake struck off the eastern coast of the Philippines late Friday, killing at least one person in a house collapse, knocking out power in several towns and generating negligible tsunami surges. A tsunami alert
(AP) Iran pushes to blunt UN nuke agency powersBy GEORGE JAHNAssociated PressVIENNAIran is urging member countries to dilute the clout of Western nations at the U.N. nuclear agency that fears it may be trying to make atomic arms. Instead, it
By NASSER KARIMIAssociated PressTEHRAN, IranEgypt’s President Mohammed Morsi arrived in Tehran on Thursday in the first visit by an Egyptian leader to Iran in decades. The Egyptian president was attending a summit of the Nonaligned Movement, and is supposed to
By ROMINA RUIZ-GOIRIENA and MARTHA MENDOZAAssociated PressGUATEMALA CITYA team of 200 U.S. Marines began patrolling Guatemala’s western coast this week in an unprecedented operation to beat drug traffickers in the Central America region, a U.S. military spokesman said Wednesday. The
The Associated Press has attempted to “fact check” Dinesh D’Souza’s astonishingly successful documentary, 2016: Obama’s America–and undermines its own criticism by engaging in a blatantly opinionated assault. D’Souza’s thesis is that President Barack Obama is deeply influenced by the anti-colonial
By MIKE SCHNEIDERAssociated PressTAMPA, Fla.Police in Tampa stopped a dozen anti-war protesters from entering an event attended by former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice after the group said it intended to arrest her for war crimes. The protesters from Code
By ANGELA K. BROWN.Associated PressFORT WORTH, TexasRenowned classical pianist Van Cliburn has been diagnosed with advanced bone cancer and is resting comfortably at his Texas home, his publicist said Monday. The 78-year-old Cliburn is under excellent care and his spirits
(AP) Despite Isaac’s soaking, Keys residents laid backBy MATT SEDENSKYAssociated PressKEY WEST, Fla. Tropical Storm Isaac barely stirred Florida Keys residents from their fabled nonchalance Sunday, while the Gulf Coast braced for the possibility that the sprawling storm will strengthen
By TAMARA LUSHAssociated PressTAMPA, Fla.The few hundred protesters gathered under rainy skies in a park about a half-mile from the GOP convention on Sunday said an impending hurricane that is supposed to dump heavy rains on Tampa won’t deter them
By KARIN LAUBAssociated PressRAFAH, Gaza StripBusiness is down because of an Egyptian security clampdown, but smuggling tunnels under the Gaza-Egypt border keep operating under the supervision of Gaza’s Hamas rulers. The militant Hamas had hoped the Islamists who took charge
(AP) Isaac casts shadow over GOP convention, campaignBy BRIAN BAKSTAssociated PressTAMPA, Fla. Undaunted by Mother Nature, Republicans are set to descend on Florida as Mitt Romney’s team works to cram four days of events into three after the threat of
In an exclusive interview with The Associated Press President Barack Obama conceded the economy isn’t where it needs to be but adds Mitt Romney’s plan would make the situation worse.
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., responds to President Barack Obama’s remarks in an interview with the Associated Press where he talked about Mitt Romney’s “extreme positions.”
By LISA CORNWELL and SETH BORENSTEINAssociated PressCINCINNATI Neil Armstrong was a quiet self-described nerdy engineer who became a global hero when as a steely-nerved pilot he made “one giant leap for mankind” with a small step on to the moon.
(AP) Isaac passes Haiti, heads toward Cuba, FloridaBy TRENTON DANIELAssociated PressPORT-AU-PRINCE, HaitiTropical Storm Isaac swept across Haiti’s southern peninsula early Saturday, dousing a capital city prone to flooding and areas of the poor nation still trying to recover from the
AP: In an interview with the Associated Press, President Barack Obama says the upcoming GOP convention will shine a national spotlight on a Mitt Romney who’s embraced the deeply radical agenda of House Republicans.
(AP) Poll: Big swath of voters undecided, unexcitedBy NANCY BENAC and JENNIFER AGIESTAAssociated PressWASHINGTONCall them maybes. Two months out from Election Day, nearly a quarter of all registered voters are either undecided about the presidential race or iffy in their
(AP) NY gunman quiet loner, victim outgoing family manBy COLLEEN LONG and TOM HAYSAssociated PressNEW YORKA gunman who killed a former co-worker in cold blood in the shadow of the Empire State Building and then was shot dead by police
(AP) Syrian rebels set free a kidnapped LebaneseBy BASSEM MROUEAssociated PressBEIRUTSyrian rebels have freed one of 11 Lebanese Shiite pilgrims they have been holding for three months. Hussein Ali Omar appeared healthy in an interview aired on Qatar’s Al-Jazeera TV
By AYA BATRAWYAssociated PressCAIROSeveral thousand Egyptians rallied Friday in the first significant protests against the country’s Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, accusing him and his Muslim Brotherhood group of trying to monopolize power. The main protest in Cairo, which counted around
By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEINAssociated PressMEXICO CITYTwo U.S. government employees were shot and wounded in an attack on their vehicle south of Mexico City on Friday, a law enforcement official said. The two were riding in an armored U.S. Embassy sport utility
Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX), who still has not formally conceded his presidential bid, will have more delegates in his column as his supporters made a deal on Tuesday with Louisiana GOP officials. The Associated Press (AP) reports Paul will get
(AP) Court: Texas can cut off Planned Parenthood fundsBy WILL WEISSERTAssociated PressAUSTIN, TexasTexas officials are vowing to cut off funding for Planned Parenthood after a federal court sided with the state in a challenge over a new law that bans
By CURT ANDERSONAssociated PressMIAMIForecasters cast a wary eye Tuesday on Tropical Storm Isaac, which was looming in the Atlantic Ocean and poses a potential threat to Florida during next week’s Republican National Convention in Tampa. It’s much too early to
(AP) Afghan militants hit US military chief’s planeBy KAY JOHNSONAssociated PressKABUL, AfghanistanInsurgents fired rockets into an American base in Afghanistan and damaged the parked plane of the visiting chairman of the U.S. joint chiefs of staff, the U.S.-led military coalition
