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Seattle police release video of car chase, shootout

SEATTLE — Seattle police have released dash-cam videos showing a carjacker speeding the wrong way up a one-way…

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‘Deep mistrust’ with Chicago police, blacks

CHICAGO — A South Side police commander and his officers tortured black suspects into confessing to crimes they…

Leader of opposition party Primero Justicia, Henrique Capriles, who's also governor of Miranda state, gives a press conference at his office in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday.

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Venezuelan opposition wins Congress, aims for supermajority

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela’s opposition rejoiced Monday after its shock triumph in legislative elections and waited anxiously for…

In this Nov. 25 photo taken in Tijuana, Mexico, vehicles pass under a walking bridge that connects the new Cross Border Xpress air terminal in San Diego, right, to the Tijuana International Airport, left. The new terminal is scheduled to begin operations on Wednesday.

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California’s newest airport extends to Mexico

SAN DIEGO — The U.S.-Mexico border is one of the world’s most fortified international divides. Starting Wednesday, it…

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No charges for Chicago officer in other 2014 shooting

CHICAGO — A dashcam video of another 2014 fatal shooting of a black man by a Chicago police…

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Cheap oil buoys consumers, hammers its producers

DALLAS — Oil prices have been lower for longer than expected. Now, with OPEC’s decision to keep pumping…

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Kendrick the King: Rapper leads Grammys with 11 nominations

NEW YORK (AP) — Kendrick Lamar is the king of the Grammys: The rapper is the leading nominee…

Supporters react as Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015, in Davenport, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

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Trump: ‘Complete shutdown’ on Muslims into US

NEWARK, N.J. — Donald Trump called Monday for a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United…

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After legal fight, 21 Syrian refugees to arrive in Texas

DALLAS (AP) — Twelve Syrian refugees were scheduled to arrive in Texas on Monday after the state eased…

This July 27, 2014 photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection shows Tashfeen Malik, left, and Syed Farook, as they passed through O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. The husband and wife died on Dec. 2, 2015, in a gun battle with authorities several hours after their assault on a gathering of Farook's colleagues in San Bernardino, Calif. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection via AP)

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FBI: Killers radicalized ‘for some time’

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — The San Bernardino killers had been radicalized “for quite some time” and had taken…

President Barack Obama addresses the nation from the Oval Office at the White House Sunday night.

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Obama: US will defeat terror’s new phase

WASHINGTON — In a rare Oval Office address, President Barack Obama vowed Sunday night the United States would…

Dounia Omar, right, sets up a poster showing the photos of 14 people killed in Wednesday's shooting rampage before the start of a memorial service at the Islamic Community Center of Redlands on Sunday in Loma Linda, California.

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San Bernardino suggests growing interest of women in terrorism

WASHINGTON — Islamic State propaganda is resonating with a growing and loyal following of young women and teenagers,…

A mural of Venezuelan's late President Hugo Chavez decorates a wall outside a polling station where voters wait to enter during congressional elections in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday.

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Challenge for socialists at Venezuela’s election

CARACAS, Venezuela — The socialist system built by Hugo Chavez faced its gravest electoral test Sunday as Venezuelans…

In this Saturday photo, Brother Alois addresses people at an interfaith service for world leaders to curb global warming during a multi-lingual service at Church St Ignatius in Paris, France.

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Scientists enlist the big gun to get climate action: Faith

PARIS — The cold hard numbers of science haven’t spurred the world to curb runaway global warming. So…

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Colombia finds what may be world’s largest sunken treasure

CARTAGENA, Colombia — President Juan Manual Santos on Saturday hailed the discovery of a Spanish galleon that went…

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Woman involved in deadly California rampage had become more devout

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — A change came over Tashfeen Malik two or three years ago. She started dressing…

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Prison looms again for Pistorius after murder conviction

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — An appeals court decided Thursday that Oscar Pistorius got away with murder when he stood…

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Ally of Syria’s Assad tipped to be Lebanon’s next president

BEIRUT (AP) — Under an emerging deal to resolve Lebanon’s 18-month political deadlock, one of the strongest allies…

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US coalition targets IS oil facilities in Syria

LONDON — As British jets opened airstrikes against the Islamic State group in Syria and Germany prepared to…

This undated photo provided by the California Department of Motor Vehicles shows Syed Rizwan Farook who has been named as the suspect in the San Bernardino, Calif., shootings. Farook communicated with individuals who were under FBI scrutiny in connection with a terrorism investigation. But the official said the contact was with "people who weren't significant players on our radar," dated back some time, and there was no immediate indication of any "surge" in communication ahead of the shooting. (California Department of Motor Vehicles via AP)

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Attackers had massive weapons cache

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — — California gunman Syed Rizwan Farook had been in contact with known Islamic extremists…