Hard-line Islamists to make gains in Pakistan vote
The imposing, black-bearded politician in a striking white turban takes the stage at a campaign rally in northwest Pakistan as a song about Islamic ...
Group of conservatives backs action on immigration
More than two dozen conservative leaders have signed on to a statement supporting action to overhaul the nation's immigration laws and calling ...
Study: Immigration bill would help Social Security
A bipartisan immigration bill pending in the Senate would strengthen the Social Security trust fund by adding millions of workers to tax rolls, and ...
Teen charged with homicide by assault in ref death
Family and friends honored the memory of a Utah soccer referee at an emotional funeral service Wednesday evening just hours after the teenager who ...
Judge rules for cheerleaders in Bible banner suit
A judge ruled Wednesday that cheerleaders at a Southeast Texas high school can display banners emblazoned with Bible verses at football games. But the ...
Coach cleared of charges no longer at MSU, Mankato
A former head football coach for Minnesota State University, Mankato, who was cleared of child pornography charges last year but reassigned to an ...
APNewsBreak: 5 charged in CA immigration scam
Four federal law enforcement officers were charged with accepting cash, a TV, and plane tickets among bribes dating back more than a decade to help ...
Puerto Rico Catholics support archbishop
Roman Catholics in Puerto Rico rallied Wednesday around an archbishop who is apparently under pressure from the Vatican to resign for allegedly ...
Obama pressed to do more on jobs, stagnant wages
The nation's slowly improving jobs picture hides problems like stagnant wages and fewer working hours that strike directly at President Barack Obama's ...
Senate rejects firearms on more federal lands
The Senate rejected an effort Wednesday to expand the use of firearms on some of the nation's most frequently visited federal lands, handing gun ...
Soldier says she faced harassment over Muslim name
Sgt. 1st Class Naida Hosan is not a Muslim — she's a Catholic. But her name sounded Islamic to fellow U.S. soldiers in Iraq, and they would taunt her, ...
Libya's new charter can shoot down contentious law
A new law that excludes former officials of the Moammar Gadhafi era from public office is dividing Libya and deepening the turmoil plaguing the ...
A census first: Black voter turnout passes whites
Making history, America's blacks voted at higher rates than whites in 2012, lifting Democrat Barack Obama to victory amid voter apathy, particularly ...
Gay marriage momentum expands to 2 Midwest states
The national momentum on gay marriage has been limited mostly to the East and West coasts, but it looks like that's about to change. The Minnesota ...
Sharpton: Meeting with PepsiCo 'positive'
Officials with PepsiCo Inc. apologized during a meeting Wednesday with relatives of civil rights icon Emmett Till who were offended by a rapper who ...
Gay rights plan seen as threat to immigration bill
Religious leaders said Wednesday that adding a gay rights proposal to immigration legislation could risk their support for the bill, setting up a ...
UN: Girls as young as 6 raped by Congo troops
Congolese troops fleeing the M23 rebels last November raped at least 97 women and 33 girls, some as young as 6, a U.N. report released Wednesday said.
Ivory Coast: Gbagbo fighters to return from Togo
About 200 fighters loyal to former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo will be repatriated from Togo after two years of exile following their ...
UK gov't agenda focuses on immigration, economy
The message was one of thrift and austerity, but the messenger was opulence incarnate. Britain's Conservative-led government on Wednesday announced ...
Kerry meets with Russian NGOs as crackdown mounts
Leading Russian activists said Wednesday that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has assured them that Washington is talking with the Russian ...
APNewsBreak: US to provide $100M in new Syria aid
The Obama administration is providing $100 million in new Syria aid, U.S. officials said Wednesday, but the money is for humanitarian purposes only ...
Japan pulls back on denials of WWII sex slavery
Japan has acknowledged that it conducted only a limited investigation before claiming there was no official evidence that its imperial troops coerced ...
Fearing M23, hundreds of Congolese flee to Uganda
A spokeswoman for the United Nations refugee agency in Uganda says hundreds of Congolese are fleeing into Uganda to avoid being forcibly conscripted ...
Wideroe crew strike grounds flights in Norway
The Norwegian airline Wideroe says its cabin crew has gone on strike after labor negotiations broke down, grounding all aircraft and stranding 11,000 ...
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