WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court signaled support Monday for a black death row inmate in Georgia who claims prosecutors improperly kept African-Americans off the jury… Continue reading
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Volkswagen emissions scandal widened Monday when the U.S. government accused the German automaker of cheating for a second time. Although VW… Continue reading
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Jimmy Carter resumed his role as Habitat for Humanity’s most prominent booster on Monday, donning a white hard hat and a worn… Continue reading
NEWARK, N.J. — President Barack Obama toured a drug rehab and met with former inmates Monday in the rough-and-tumble city of Newark, calling on the… Continue reading
WASHINGTON — After a devastating loss in the 2012 presidential election, the Republican Party entered a period of intense self-reflection and emerged with a firm… Continue reading
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Revelers streamed into cemeteries across Haiti on Sunday bearing beeswax candles, food offerings and bottles of rum infused with hot peppers to… Continue reading
BEIRUT — The Islamic State militant group is advancing in central Syria, seizing control of a town that lies near a highway leading to the… Continue reading
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt — The Russian jetliner that crashed shortly after takeoff from an Egyptian resort city broke up at high altitude, scattering fragments of… Continue reading
WASHINGTON — Republican candidates frustrated by their party’s presidential debates are contemplating changes to those remaining on the nomination calendar, even beyond the GOP chairman’s… Continue reading
NEW YORK — Sandra Bullock’s political satire “Our Brand Is Crisis” and Bradley Cooper’s chef drama “Burnt” added to a pileup of flops at the… Continue reading
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A man marching down the street shot and killed three people on Saturday, before being fatally shot in a gunbattle with… Continue reading
WASHINGTON — Prosecutor Stephen Lanier’s meaning was unmistakable when he urged jurors in north Georgia to sentence the defendant to death in part to deter… Continue reading
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt — A Russian passenger airliner crashed Saturday in a remote mountainous part of Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula 23 minutes after taking off from… Continue reading
DAMASCUS, Syria — The United States’ decision to send troops into Syria is an act of aggression because it does not have the government’s agreement,… Continue reading
WASHINGTON — Even when President Barack Obama sent U.S. troops back to Iraq and ordered the military to stay in Afghanistan, he insisted Syria would… Continue reading
PORTLAND, Ore. — A teen girl from eastern Oregon has contracted the bubonic plague, health officials said.The Crook County girl is believed to have acquired… Continue reading
BEIJING — China said Thursday it would allow all married couples to have two children, signaling the end after 35 years to its drastic and… Continue reading
SANTIAGO, Chile — Two forestry companies colluded for more than a decade to control the prices of toilet paper and other products following a meeting… Continue reading
LESBOS, Greece — Dead migrants float belly-up, stripped of their clothing by churning seas. On shore, wailing women search for loved ones among the shivering,… Continue reading
WASHINGTON — Paul Ryan became the 54th speaker of the U.S. House on Thursday in a day of high political theater, a young new leader… Continue reading
