Politics

Business, labor close on deal for immigration bill
Prospects for a Senate deal on an ambitious rewrite of the nation's immigration laws improved markedly as business and labor appeared ready to set ...
Russia lashes out at US over NGO funding
Russia's foreign ministry is criticizing Washington for channeling funds to non-governmental organizations in ways that get around Russian ...
Former Nev. lawmaker arrested after freeway chase
Police chased a former lawmaker on a freeway between Las Vegas and Los Angeles and arrested him at gunpoint following a struggle, hours after he ...
Okla. governor signs horse slaughter legislation
Oklahoma's 50-year-old ban on horse slaughtering was lifted Friday when the governor signed a new law that will allow facilities to process and export ...
NYC deal is key in sick days push, advocates say
Hundreds of thousands of workers in New York City are poised to get paid sick days in what may prove a pivotal moment in a national debate over ...
Freeway chase led to ex-Nev. lawmaker's arrest
Hours after he became the first person in Nevada history to be kicked out of the state Legislature, an embattled former lawmaker led police on a chase ...
Reward for murderous ex-cop causing controversy
As a cabin smoldered with the body of rogue ex-cop Christopher Dorner inside, politicians in a city that lost an officer to his rampage approved a ...
Alaska lawmaker apologizes for racial slur
Rep. Don Young, the gruff Republican veteran who represents the entire state of Alaska, apologized Friday for referring to Hispanic migrant workers ...
Lawyer: Official regrets involvement in baby case
A city official charged with interfering with the police investigation of a baby's slaying in coastal Georgia made a mistake when he tried to help a ...
FBI 'flying saucers' NM memo bureau's most viewed
A single-page FBI memo relaying a vague and unconfirmed report of flying saucers found in New Mexico in 1950 has become the most popular file in the ...
40 years on, Laotians tell of US war legacy
Forty years after the secret U.S. bombing that devastated Laos, heirs to the war's deadly legacy of undetonated explosives are touring America to prod ...
Texas sex offenders in sight of rare policy win
Four convicted sex offenders huddled in a busy hallway at the Texas Capitol, congratulating each other for going public and testifying against a bill ...
Arizona gun proponents launch free gun program
A campaign promising free shotguns for people in Tucson's most troubled neighborhoods has divided some residents in a community still reeling from a ...
Correction: Mandatory Gun Ownership story
In a story March 8 about mandatory gun ownership, The Associated Press erroneously reported that a Pennsylvania community had such an ordinance.
Hasty embrace for some lawmakers on gay marriage
As the Supreme Court considered two landmark cases on gay marriage this week, the flood of activity across the street in the Capitol was not lost on ...
Mass rally in Pyongyang in support of Kim Jong Un
Thousands of North Koreans have turned out for a mass rally at the main square in Pyongyang in support of their leader's call to arms. Chanting "Death ...
Iran, NKorea, Syria block UN arms trade treaty
Iran, North Korea and Syria blocked adoption of a U.N. treaty that would regulate the multibillion-dollar international arms trade for the first time, ...
Hagel: B-2s not intended to provoke North Korea
America's unprecedented decision to send nuclear-capable B-2 stealth bombers to drop dummy munitions during military drills with South Korea this week ...
GOP moves to plug technology gap with Democrats
Embarrassed by how the last presidential election exposed their yesteryear technology, Republicans are turning to a younger generation of tech-savvy ...
Newtown gunman had access to huge weapons cache
When Adam Lanza walked out of his house for the last time, he left behind firearms and knives and more than 1,600 rounds of ammunition — taking only ...
Mich. now right-to-work; effects will be delayed
A right-to-work law is on the books in Michigan, a mainstay of organized labor, but those considering opting out of paying union dues will have to ...
Boston mayor announces he won't seek re-election
Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, struggling to keep his emotions in check, told well-wishers gathered at historic Faneuil Hall on Thursday that he won't ...
Obama: 'Shame on us' if Congress forgets Newtown
President Barack Obama pressed Congress on Thursday not to forget the heartbreak of the Newtown elementary school massacre and "get squishy" on ...
German migrant program offers cautions for US
In gritty backstreets of Berlin and other major German cities, housewives wearing head scarves shop for lamb and grape leaves. Old men pass the time ...
Gay marriage case's Edie Windsor: marriage 'magic'
When Edith Windsor got engaged in the 1960s to the woman who eventually became her wife, she asked for a pin instead of a ring. A ring would have ...