By MIKE BAKER and MANUEL VALDESAssociated PressSEATTLEThe collapse of an interstate highway bridge in northern Washington state should be a wake-up call that prompts an expansive safety review, according to National Transportation Safety Board officials. Investigators are trying to determine
By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA and DEBORA REYAssociated PressBUENOS AIRES, ArgentinaArgentine President Cristina Fernandez rallied a huge crowd Saturday night celebrating the 10-year government that she and her late husband Nestor Kirchner began in 2003. Her voice breaking, she called it a
(AP) ESCONDIDO, Calif.Less than two weeks after Angelina Jolie revealed she’d had a double mastectomy to avoid breast cancer, her aunt died from the disease Sunday. Debbie Martin died at age 61 at a hospital in Escondido, Calif. near San Diego,
(AP) Rockets in Lebanon capital signal Syrian spilloverBy KARIN LAUBAssociated PressBEIRUT Two rockets hit Hezbollah strongholds in Beirut on Sunday, tearing through an apartment and peppering cars with shrapnel, a day after the Lebanese group’s leader pledged to lift President
By JAKE PEARSONAssociated PressNEW YORKInternal Affairs officers on Saturday were looking into allegations made by actress Amanda Bynes that New York Police Department officers sexually assaulted her when she was charged with heaving a marijuana bong out the window of
Texas legislators have sent a bill to Governor Rick Perry that allows schools to train and maintain teachers as “armed marshals” on campuses. The bill, which had already passed the Texas house, enjoyed a bipartisan passage of 28-3 in the
(AP) Britain braces for possible copycat attacksBy PAISLEY DODDS and GREGORY KATZAssociated PressLONDONBritain is bracing for clashes with right-wing activists and possible copycat terror attacks by Islamic extremists after the savage slaying of a young soldier, whose grieving family spoke
(AP) UK-bound Pakistan plane diverted, 2 men arrestedBy CASSANDRA VINOGRAD and DANICA KIRKAAssociated PressLONDONBritain scrambled fighter jets Friday to intercept a commercial airliner carrying more than 300 people from Pakistan, diverting it to an isolated runway at an airport on
By ROB GILLIESAssociated PressTORONTOToronto Mayor Rob Ford denied Friday that he smokes crack cocaine and said he is not an addict after a video purported to show him using the drug. The mayor of Canada’s largest city did not say
By BARRY SCHWEID and BRETT ZONGKERAssociated PressWASHINGTONWhen Haynes Johnson visited Selma, Ala., months after a civil rights crisis there gripped the nation, he wrote in The Washington Evening Star that he’d found “no discernible change in the racial climate of
By HAGGAG SALAMAAssociated PressLUXOR, Egypt An Egyptian security official says 10 male relatives have killed a mother and her two daughters on suspicion of moral offenses–so-called “honor killings.” The official said Friday the men suspected the three women of having
(AP) Extremists claim responsibility for Niger attacksBy DALATOU MAMANE and RUKMINI CALLIMACHIAssociated PressNIAMEY, NigerSuicide bombers in Niger detonated two car bombs simultaneously, one inside a military camp in the city of Agadez and another in the remote town of Arlit
By MANUEL VALDES and MIKE BAKERAssociated PressMOUNT VERNON, Wash.An Interstate 5 bridge over a river north of Seattle collapsed Thursday evening, dumping vehicles and people into the water, the Washington State Patrol said.The four-lane bridge over the Skagit River collapsed
(AP) AP Interview: Rogge praises wrestling’s changesBy STEPHEN WILSONAP Sports WriterLONDON Wrestling’s governing body has “reacted well” and made the necessary changes to give the sport a chance of saving its place in the Olympics, IOC President Jacques Rogge said.
(AP) Obama to honor Carole King at White House concertBy DARLENE SUPERVILLEAssociated PressWASHINGTONPresident Barack Obama is showing singer-songwriter Carole King that she has friends at the White House. At an East Room concert Wednesday night, Obama is presenting the 71-year-old
(AP) AP Source: Coach K returning to US men’s teamBy BRIAN MAHONEYAP Basketball WriterMike Krzyzewski had decided to remain coach of the U.S. men’s Olympic basketball team. Krzyzewski will try to lead the Americans to a third straight gold medal,
President Barack Obama endorsed the Senate’s immigration bill as it heads to the floor out of the Judiciary Committee, the Associated Press reported Wednesday. The AP reported that Obama “says a far-reaching immigration overhaul approved by a Senate panel is
(AP) – A 33-year-old Polish man received a face transplant just three weeks after being disfigured in a workplace accident, in what his doctors said Wednesday is the fastest time frame to date for such an operation. It was Poland’s
(AP) Protesters rally over IRS’ tea party scrutinyBy DAN SEWELLAssociated PressCINCINNATITea party activists waving flags and signs, singing patriotic songs and chanting anti-IRS slogans held rallies outside federal buildings across the country to protest the agency’s extra scrutiny of conservative
(AP) Diplomats: Iran expands nuke technologyBy GEORGE JAHNAssociated PressVIENNADiplomats say Iran is moving ahead to update a program the West fears could be used to make nuclear weapons, in a blow to years of high-level diplomacy aimed at stopping it
(AP) 7 Egyptian security men kidnapped in Sinai freedBy SARAH EL DEEBAssociated PressCAIROSix Egyptian policemen and a border guard kidnapped by suspected militants in the volatile Sinai Peninsula last week were freed by their captors Wednesday after successful mediation, the
(Reuters) – The Los Angeles Clippers have decided to part ways with head coach Vinny Del Negro, announcing on Tuesday they will not offer him a new contract to lead the National Basketball Association team. The Associated Press adds more
The provocative headline “Obama administration mistakes journalism for espionage” doesn’t appear in a traditionally conservative paper like the NY Post or Wall Street Journal; it’s in the Washington Post. And before you equivocate, no, it’s not hovering over the byline
By TIM TALLEYAssociated PressMOORE, Okla.A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds up to
The newly published request for a search warrant of James Rosen’s email account makes clear that Rosen himself is a target of the investigation. The document compares Rosen to an “intelligence officer” whose actions make him a “co-conspirator” rather than
