WASHINGTON (AP) — For Republicans, this week’s presidential debate highlighted a brewing fight to define the party’s foreign policy posture, exposing divisions among candidates about… Continue reading
NEW YORK (AP) — The husband-and-wife team who killed 14 people and wounded 21 others this month in San Bernardino, California, communicated privately about jihad… Continue reading
BALTIMORE — The first effort to convict an officer in Freddie Gray’s death from a broken neck in a Baltimore Police van ended Wednesday with… Continue reading
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve is raising interest rates from record lows set at the depths of the 2008 financial crisis, a shift that heralds… Continue reading
LEER, South Sudan — South Sudan’s civil war took away everything that had been precious to Mary Nyak Chot.“All my children were killed. The youngest… Continue reading
NEW YORK — Cue the scrolling of yellow words into outer space: “Star Wars” is back.It has taken more than $4 billion, the passing of… Continue reading
LAS VEGAS — Nine Republican presidential candidates took the stage Tuesday night for a debate that focused almost exclusively on foreign policy.But the gathering of… Continue reading
MINNEAPOLIS — Offering a prebuttal to Republicans, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said Tuesday that the American people “cannot give into fear” in the aftermath… Continue reading
RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s federal police carried out sweeping raids Tuesday in the homes and offices of top political figures ensnared in a massive… Continue reading
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Projecting its ambition for regional leadership, Saudi Arabia said Tuesday it has lined up most of the Arab world, NATO member… Continue reading
MOSCOW — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday accepted Russia’s long-standing demand that President Bashar Assad’s future be determined by his own people,… Continue reading
LONGMONT, Colo. (AP) — A powerful late-autumn storm dumped up to 24 inches of snow in the Colorado mountains on Tuesday before barreling onto the… Continue reading
WASHINGTON — The U.S. high school graduation rate inched up to 82 percent and the achievement gap narrowed, according to new federal data that raise… Continue reading
LOS ANGELES — The nation’s two biggest school systems — New York City and Los Angeles — received threats Tuesday of a large-scale jihadi attack… Continue reading
SALEM, Mass. — A Massachusetts teenager was convicted Tuesday of raping and killing his high school math teacher when he was 14.Philip Chism followed his… Continue reading
SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle on Monday became the first city in the nation to allow drivers of ride-hailing companies such as Uber and Lyft to… Continue reading
A backlash against American Muslims is leaving a mark on some of the nation’s youngest minds.After seeing presidential candidate Donald Trump call on television for… Continue reading
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump will be standing at center stage, but Ted Cruz will be in the spotlight at tonight’s Republican presidential debate.The Texas senator… Continue reading
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is reviewing procedures for vetting would-be immigrants, with an eye toward examining applicants’ online presence, to close security gaps in… Continue reading
BOSTON (AP) — Bill Cosby fired back Monday at seven women who are suing him for defamation, accusing them of making false accusations of sexual… Continue reading
