(AP) Pressure mounts to fix health insurance exchangesBy JULIET WILLIAMS and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVARAssociated PressThe pressure is on for the federal government and states running their own health insurance exchanges to get the systems up and running after overloaded websites and
Lindsay Leveen, the expert behind greenexplored.com, sent along this alarming YouTube video, taken by passing drivers, of a new Tesla Model S on fire in Washington state (no injuries, language warning): The video garnered nearly 200,000 views since it was
The Reuters news agency is cutting some five percent of its editorial staff, a source close to the company said Wednesday, the latest layoffs in the troubled media industry. Parent company Thomson Reuters announced in a statement it would be
(AP) Arm cut off of Reagan statue in PolandBy MONIKA SCISLOWSKAAssociated PressWARSAW, PolandPolice were searching on Wednesday for a vandal who damaged a bronze statue of Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II in the Polish city of Gdansk by
(AP) Bomb kills 2 Pakistan soldiers in quake-hit regionBy ABDUL SATTARAssociated PressQUETTA, PakistanSuspected separatists killed two Pakistani soldiers Wednesday, in a wave of attacks targeting troops doing relief work in a remote region of the country’s southwest where a major
(AP) Man in custody after device found at Fla. airportBy DEREK KINNERAssociated PressJACKSONVILLE, Fla.Authorities arrested a suspect after finding two suspicious packages — including one they described as destructive — at the Jacksonville International Airport. Zeljko Causevic, 39, was booked
In a report describing the efforts of House Republicans working “beneath the radar” on comprehensive immigration reform, the Associated Press failed to connect the dots. It failed to point out that the ultimate endgame for House Republicans on immigration reform
(AP) Netanyahu: Israel won’t let Iran get nuclear armsBy EDITH M. LEDERERAssociated PressUNITED NATIONSIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu played the spoiler Tuesday to any easing of Iran’s relations with the West, telling world leaders his country will do whatever it
It appears the Associated Press has either been duped by a partisan government union big-wig pretending to be a beleaguered government employee facing furlough due to a government shutdown, or they knew he was an activist and withheld the information
By SINAN SALAHEDDINAssociated PressBAGHDADNearly 1,000 Iraqis were killed in September, one of the highest monthly death tolls in years, the U.N. said Tuesday, giving a somber figure that reflects the militants’ determination to rekindle large-scale sectarian conflict. Iraq is going
By NICK PERRYAssociated PressWELLINGTON, New ZealandA man from one of the lowest-lying nations on Earth is trying to convince New Zealand judges that he’s a refugee–suffering not from persecution, but from climate change. The 37-year-old and his wife left his
By RUSSELL CONTRERASAssociated PressALBUQUERQUE, N.M. Insults dished out by food critic Anthony Bourdain on an episode of CNN’s “Parts Unknown” have stirred up outrage in New Mexico–and now he acknowledges that he was wrong. The sharp-tongued chef and writer lashed
(AP) Global study: World not ready for aging populationBy KRISTEN GELINEAUAssociated PressThe world is aging so fast that most countries are not prepared to support their swelling numbers of elderly people, according to a global study going out Tuesday by
(AP) Under fire, ‘Obamacare’ going live _ with glitchesBy RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVARAssociated PressWASHINGTONContentious from its conception, President Barack Obama’s health care law has survived the Supreme Court, a battle for the White House and rounds of budget brinkmanship. Now comes the
(AP) Dad of stabbed Dodgers fan makes plea for evidenceBy PAUL ELIASAssociated PressSAN FRANCISCOThe father of a Los Angeles Dodgers fan stabbed to death after a San Francisco Giants game last week made a public plea Sunday for independent witnesses
POTISKUM, Nigeria (AP) — Suspected Islamic extremists attacked an agricultural college in the dead of night, gunning down dozens of students as they slept in dormitories and torching classrooms in an ongoing Islamic uprising in northeast Nigeria, the school’s provost
(AP) Terrorists used new tactic to spare some MuslimsBy RUKMINI CALLIMACHIAssociated PressThe turbaned gunmen who infiltrated Nairobi’s Westgate mall arrived with a set of religious trivia questions: As terrified civilians hid in toilet stalls, behind mannequins, in ventilation shafts and
(AP) AP Newsbreak: Stabbed fan’s dad to speakBy PAUL ELIASAssociated PressSAN FRANCISCOThe father of a Dodgers fan fatally stabbed Wednesday during a melee following a Giants baseball game is planning to make a public plea for witnesses after San Francisco’s
(AP) Greek far-right leader, other legislators arrestedBy DEMETRIS NELLASAssociated PressATHENS, GreeceThe leader of Greece’s extreme-right Golden Dawn party and four other of its parliamentarians were formally charged Saturday with membership in a criminal organization with intent to commit crimes, in
(AP) Rays lose to Blue Jays 7-2, drop into tieBy IAN HARRISONAssociated PressTORONTOThe Tampa Bay Rays dropped into a tie with Texas for the second AL wild-card berth, losing to Toronto 7-2 Saturday as Ryan Goins and Kevin Pillar hit
Time: Feral hogs have invaded suburban Atlanta, and, according to locals, they’ve essentially got the area under siege. Reuters reports that at least four feral pigs, which can grow up to 400 pounds, are running wild in Lithonia, Georgia, a
(AP) Southern states are moving to tighten voting rulesBy MICHAEL J. MISHAKAssociated PressMIAMIA growing number of Republican-led states are moving aggressively to tighten voting rules — and those states are emboldened by a Supreme Court decision that struck down the
(AP) Giants-Dodgers: long and sometimes violent rivalryBy JUSTIN PRITCHARDAssociated PressLOS ANGELES Fans of the San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers have sustained one of the most passionate rivalries in American sport for more than a century, starting when both
(AP) Albuquerque set to say goodbye to ‘Breaking Bad’By RUSSELL CONTRERASAssociated PressALBUQUERQUE, N.M.The southwestern New Mexico city that’s played home to “Breaking Bad” is preparing for the end, with the Emmy-award winning series airing its last episode on Sunday. As
By DUSAN STOJANOVICAssociated PressBELGRADE, SerbiaSerbian authorities banned a gay pride march in Belgrade for a third consecutive year because of threats made by right-wing groups, officials said Friday. Prime Minister Ivica Dacic said top security and state officials decided to
