The Associated Press reports that President Barack Obama is planning to focus on the economy in a series of upcoming speeches. Since his second inauguration, the president has focused on gun control, immigration reform, and climate change–leaving jobs and the
(AP) Strong earthquake in western China kills 56 peopleBy CHRISTOPHER BODEENAssociated PressBEIJINGA shallow earthquake struck a dry, hilly farming area in western China early Monday, killing at least 56 people, injuring more than 400, and destroying thousands of homes, the
(AP) EU declares Hezbollah’s military wing terror groupBy RAF CASERTAssociated PressBRUSSELSThe European Union has declared the military wing of Lebanese party Hezbollah a terrorist group. A French diplomat says that the Monday decision by the EU’s 28 foreign ministers was
By GREGORY KATZAssociated PressLONDONPrince William’s wife, Kate, was admitted to the hospital in the early stages of labor on Monday, palace officials said. Royal officials said that Kate travelled by car to St. Mary’s Hospital in central London with Prince
By DAN SEWELLAssociated PressCINCINNATIWith the survival of a species on the line, Cincinnati Zoo scientists are hoping to mate their lone female Sumatran rhino with her little brother. The desperation breeding effort with the rhino siblings follows a recent crisis
(AP) Media: Japan ruling bloc wins upper house electionBy ELAINE KURTENBACHAssociated PressTOKYO Japanese broadcasters projected that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling coalition won a majority of seats in the upper house of parliament in elections Sunday, giving it control of
Liberals are outraged as 2010 emails surface showing then-Governor Mitch Daniels (R) doing everything in his power to prevent radical historian Howard Zinn from being used for curriculum in Indiana schools. In the emails, Daniels “signed off on education adviser
(AP) Israelis, Palestinians skeptical about peace talksBy ARON HELLERAssociated PressJERUSALEMIsraeli and Palestinian officials voiced skepticism Sunday that they can move toward a peace deal, as the sides inched toward what may be the first round of significant negotiations in five
(AP) French police, youths clash after veil incidentBy NICOLAS GARRIGA and ANGELA CHARLTONAssociated PressTRAPPES, France About 250 people hurling projectiles clashed with police firing tear gas west of Paris, in apparent protest over enforcement of France’s ban on Islamic face
(AP) Italy: 5 convicted for Costa Concordia shipwreckBy COLLEEN BARRY and FRANCESCO SPORTELLIAssociated PressGROSSETO, ItalyAn Italian court on Saturday convicted five employees of an Italian cruise company over the Costa Concordia shipwreck that killed 32 crew and passengers, handing down
(AP) Bomb detonated at Beijing airport; 1 injuredBy DIDI TANGAssociated PressBEIJINGA man in a wheelchair who was airing grievances set off a homemade bomb in a crowded terminal at Beijing’s main airport on Saturday evening, injuring himself but no one
(AP) Israel: Palestinian prisoners to be freed in talksBy IAN DEITCHAssociated PressJERUSALEMIsrael has agreed to release some “hardcore” Palestinian prisoners as part of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s efforts to restart Mideast peace talks, but it will not meet
In what can only be described as gushing coverage of President Obama’s racially-divisive remarks about the Zimmerman case Friday (where he once again injected race in a situation where there the evidence proves race wasn’t involved), the Associated Press goes
Twenty-eight-year-old Journalist Alberto Lopez was covering crime and corruption in Oaxaca, Mexico. Apparently he was covering it too well. His bullet riddled body was found Wednesday in a corn field in the village of Trinidad de Viguera alongside another victim identified as Arturo Alejandro
(AP) Cowboys DT Brent retires, charged in fatal crashBy SCHUYLER DIXONAssociated PressIRVING, TexasDallas Cowboys defensive tackle Josh Brent retired from football at the age of 25 on Thursday, saying “doing the right things in life” is more important as he
On Thursday, Detroit became the largest city in U.S. history to file for bankruptcy. Kevin Orr, whom Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) appointed in March to become Detroit’s emergency manager,filed for Chapter 9 protection in federal bankruptcy court after he was
(AP) Mandela ‘steadily improving’ on 95th birthdayBy CHRISTOPHER TORCHIAAssociated PressJOHANNESBURG South Africa celebrated Nelson Mandela’s 95th birthday on Thursday, a milestone capped by news that the former president’s health was improving after fears that he was close to death during
By DONNA CASSATAAssociated PressWASHINGTONDemocrats doggedly pursuing a far-reaching immigration bill are counting on help from Republican Rep. Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney’s running mate last year and an unlikely candidate for delivering the centerpiece of President Barack Obama’s second-term agenda. Ryan,
By DONNA CASSATAAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe Republican-led House voted on Wednesday to delay core provisions of President Barack Obama’s health care law, emboldened by the administration’s concession that requiring companies to provide coverage for their workers next year may be too complicated.
By LUKE MEREDITHAP Sports WriterDES MOINES, IowaCuban pitcher Misael Siverio told a Spanish-language newspaper he has defected to the United States and is going to try to make it to the major leagues. Siverio was part of the Cuban national
(AP) Al-Qaida branch confirms its No. 2 killed in YemenBy AHMED AL-HAJAssociated PressSANAA, YemenThe Yemen-based branch of al-Qaida confirmed on Wednesday that the group’s No. 2 figure, a former Guantanamo Bay prisoner, was killed in a U.S. drone strike. The
(AP) USBSF expects no sanctions from Jones bar incidentBy TIM REYNOLDSAP Sports WriterThe U.S. Bobsled and Skeleton Federation said Tuesday night it has found no reason to sanction Olympic hopeful Lolo Jones for her role in a nightclub altercation that
By JUAN ZAMORANO and MICHAEL WEISSENSTEINAssociated PressPANAMA CITYA North Korean ship carrying weapons system parts buried under sacks of sugar was seized as it tried to cross the Panama Canal on its way from Cuba to its home country, which
Violence by Islamic radicals aimed at Egypt’s Coptic Christian minority has increased in the wake of the military’s July 3 ouster of President Mohamed Morsi. Muslim Brotherhood supporters blame Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II for supporting the Egyptian military’s removal
The daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney announced on Tuesday that she will challenge Wyoming incumbent Sen. Mike Enzi in the Republican primary in 2014. Enzi also announced on Tuesday that he would be seeking reelection, formalizing the matchup. Liz
