A woman holds a sign near the Times Union Center before a rally for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in Albany, N.Y., Monday, April 11, 2016. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

Poll: On issues, Clinton has edge over Trump

WASHINGTON — In an early general election warning for Donald Trump, Americans say they trust Democrat Hillary Clinton over the Republican businessman on a range… Continue reading

A woman holds a sign near the Times Union Center before a rally for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in Albany, N.Y., Monday, April 11, 2016. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

California woman marks 70 years working for same hospital

SAN FRANCISCO — Talk about a loyal employee: Elena Griffing has just celebrated her 70th year working for the same San Francisco Bay Area hospital,… Continue reading

Why you might soon text robots as often as your friends

SAN FRANCISCO — The robots are coming — to help run your life or sell you stuff — at an online texting service near you.In… Continue reading

US, Goldman Sachs reach $5B settlement over risky mortgages

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Monday announced a roughly $5 billion settlement with Goldman Sachs over the sale of mortgage-backed securities leading up to… Continue reading

Paris, Brussels attacks: ‘Supercell’ of extremism

PARIS — The number of people linked to the Islamic State network that attacked Paris and Brussels reaches easily into the dozens, with a series… Continue reading

With UN envoy in Damascus, IS takes Syrian town from rebels

DAMASCUS, Syria — The U.N. special envoy on Monday urged Syria’s warring sides to preserve the fragile U.S.-Russia-brokered cease-fire ahead of the next round of… Continue reading

Arun Suraj, 24, right, sits next to her mother Symala, second right, and other relatives as he displays a poster which has a photograph of his brother Athiraj, 22, who died after a massive fire broke out Sunday during a fireworks display at the Puttingal temple complex in Paravoor village, Kollam district, southern Kerala state, India, Monday, April 11, 2016. Medical teams on Monday tended to hundreds of people injured in a massive fire that killed more than a hundred, while authorities searched for those responsible for illegally putting on the fireworks display that caused the weekend blaze. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Police hunt suspects in India temple fire that killed 110

PARAVOOR, India — Medical teams on Monday tended to hundreds of people injured in a massive fire that killed at least 110 people, while authorities… Continue reading

Arun Suraj, 24, right, sits next to her mother Symala, second right, and other relatives as he displays a poster which has a photograph of his brother Athiraj, 22, who died after a massive fire broke out Sunday during a fireworks display at the Puttingal temple complex in Paravoor village, Kollam district, southern Kerala state, India, Monday, April 11, 2016. Medical teams on Monday tended to hundreds of people injured in a massive fire that killed more than a hundred, while authorities searched for those responsible for illegally putting on the fireworks display that caused the weekend blaze. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Shellfish behavior: US lobster industry at odds with Sweden

PORTLAND, Maine — Exactly how 32 American lobsters wound up in Swedish waters isn’t clear. But because some of them were wearing the rubber bands… Continue reading

Partner of the Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca, Ramon Fonseca speaks during an interview at his office in Panama City, Thursday, April 7, 2016. Fonseca, a co-founder of Mossack Fonseca, one of the world's largest creators of shell companies, said that documents investigated by the ICIJ were authentic and had been obtained illegally by hackers. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)

Panama rejects money-launder label

PANAMA CITY — Panamanians have long shrugged off their country’s checkered reputation as a financial haven for drug lords, tax dodgers and corrupt oligarchs. They… Continue reading

Partner of the Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca, Ramon Fonseca speaks during an interview at his office in Panama City, Thursday, April 7, 2016. Fonseca, a co-founder of Mossack Fonseca, one of the world's largest creators of shell companies, said that documents investigated by the ICIJ were authentic and had been obtained illegally by hackers. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)
Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., left, meets with Judge Merrick Garland, President Barack Obama's choice to replace Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court, Thursday, April 7, 2016, in the Blumenthal's office on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz)

Supreme Court nominee Garland a moderate who can go hard left or right

President Barack Obama’s nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, Merrick Garland, has been characterized as a moderate who, if confirmed, would nudge his divided colleagues… Continue reading

  • Apr 11, 2016
  • By JEFF DONN, CURT ANDERSON, HOLBROOK MOHR and MITCH WEISS
  • NewsNation-World
Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., left, meets with Judge Merrick Garland, President Barack Obama's choice to replace Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court, Thursday, April 7, 2016, in the Blumenthal's office on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz)

Poll: Clinton may be likable enough – next to Trump

WASHINGTON — In any other election year, more than half the country holding an unfavorable impression of a candidate for president would be cause for… Continue reading

IS abducts dozens of workers near Damascus, fighting worsens

BEIRUT (AP) — In a brazen assault near the Syrian capital, Islamic State militants abducted 300 cement workers and contractors from their workplace northeast of… Continue reading

Russian President Vladimir Putin during media forum of the All-Russia People's Front in St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, April 7, 2016. Speaking Thursday at a media forum in St.Petersburg, Putin rejected links to offshore accounts, calling the leaks part of Western efforts to weaken Russia. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, Pool)

Putin says Panama Papers part of US plot to weaken Russia

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — President Vladimir Putin on Thursday denied having any links to offshore accounts and described the Panama Papers document leaks scandal as… Continue reading

Russian President Vladimir Putin during media forum of the All-Russia People's Front in St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, April 7, 2016. Speaking Thursday at a media forum in St.Petersburg, Putin rejected links to offshore accounts, calling the leaks part of Western efforts to weaken Russia. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, Pool)

Court hears case of teen who sent beau texts urging suicide

BOSTON — Dozens of text messages that a teenage girl sent to her boyfriend that encouraged him to kill himself were just words and do… Continue reading

Military takes cues from colleges for sex assault prevention

HARTFORD, Conn. — As the U.S. Air Force prepared to roll out a new sexual assault prevention strategy, it sent a delegation to Connecticut College,… Continue reading

Space station getting inflatable room, a cosmic 1st

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Forget blowup air mattresses. Space station astronauts are getting their first inflatable room.It’s a technology demo meant to pave the way… Continue reading

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, speaks at Carnegie Mellon University on a campaign stop, Wednesday, April 6, 2016, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Clinton, Sanders clash over qualifications, background

NEW YORK — With accusations of lying, hustling for money and failed leadership, the race for the Democratic nomination took a decidedly negative turn, with… Continue reading

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, speaks at Carnegie Mellon University on a campaign stop, Wednesday, April 6, 2016, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. speaks during a campaign stop, Thursday, April 7, 2016, at the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO Convention in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Why Sanders keeps winning but may not be nominee

WASHINGTON — The standard line in Bernie Sanders’ campaign speeches goes like this: “Despite what the corporate media is telling you, there is a path… Continue reading

Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. speaks during a campaign stop, Thursday, April 7, 2016, at the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO Convention in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally, Wednesday, April 6, 2016, in Bethpage, N.Y. A devastating indictment of Donald Trump emerges from new AP-GfK poll. Americans overwhelmingly view him unfavorably.In every part of the country. Men and women, black, white, Hispanic.  (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Poll: Americans overwhelmingly view Trump negatively

WASHINGTON — For Americans of nearly every race, gender, political persuasion and location, disdain for Donald Trump runs deep, saddling the Republican front-runner with unprecedented… Continue reading

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally, Wednesday, April 6, 2016, in Bethpage, N.Y. A devastating indictment of Donald Trump emerges from new AP-GfK poll. Americans overwhelmingly view him unfavorably.In every part of the country. Men and women, black, white, Hispanic.  (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
President Barack Obama speaks to students and faculty at the University of Chicago Law School, where he taught constitutional law for over a decade in Chicago, Thursday, April 7, 2016. Obama discussed his nominee to the Supreme Court, Judge Merrick Garland, and continued to call on the Senate to give him a fair hearing and and up or down vote. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Obama: GOP jeopardizing judicial integrity with Garland

CHICAGO — President Barack Obama accused Senate Republicans on Thursday of jeopardizing the “integrity of the judicial branch” by refusing to consider his “extraordinary” nominee… Continue reading

President Barack Obama speaks to students and faculty at the University of Chicago Law School, where he taught constitutional law for over a decade in Chicago, Thursday, April 7, 2016. Obama discussed his nominee to the Supreme Court, Judge Merrick Garland, and continued to call on the Senate to give him a fair hearing and and up or down vote. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)