
Remade Mideast poses new perils for Obama on trip
On his second trip to the Middle East as U.S. commander in chief, President Barack Obama this week will confront a political and strategic landscape ...

3 convicted in Minnesota Indian gang trial
Three alleged members of a violent American Indian gang known for terrorizing people in the Upper Midwest were convicted Tuesday in what authorities ...

NY murder-rape suspect removed monitor quickly
A man charged with killing a woman and raping her 10-year-old daughter after a carjacking at an upstate New York mall last week was able to remove and ...

Defiant teen gets life sentences in Ohio shooting
Wearing a T-shirt with "killer" scrawled across it, a teenager cursed and gestured obscenely as he was given three life sentences Tuesday for shooting ...
Justice: Email snooping law no longer makes sense
The Justice Department on Tuesday dropped its support for a controversial provision in a federal law that allows police to review some private emails ...

Calls for change at slain Chicago infant's funeral
A community unable to make sense of the killing of a 6-month-old Chicago girl filed past her tiny white casket Tuesday, as religious leaders implored ...

Ohio AG: threats against rape victim must stop
A girl who was raped by two high school football players is being victimized by threats against her on Twitter, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine said ...

Rand Paul: Immigration reform needs conservatives
Tea party favorite Sen. Rand Paul said Tuesday that the nation's illegal immigrants should be able to become citizens eventually, but amid a furor ...

No assault weapons ban: Not in Dems' Senate bill
An assault weapons ban won't be in the gun-control legislation that Democrats bring to the Senate floor next month, a decision that means the ban's ...

Colo one of few victories for gun control backers
After a no-holds-barred White House push for sweeping gun control legislation across the country, Democrats have racked up only one victory outside ...

Russian agency criticizes US ruling in boy's death
Russian officials expressed disbelief Tuesday with an American grand jury's decision not to charge a Texas couple in the death of their 3-year-old ...
Indiana school, expelled girls reach settlement
Three Indiana girls who discussed which classmates they would like to kill in Facebook posts adorned with smiley faces and LOLs have reached a ...

APNewsBreak: US to revise cigarette warning labels
The U.S. government is abandoning a legal battle to require that cigarette packs carry a set of large and often macabre warning labels depicting the ...

AP Analysis: In Mideast, partial deal tantalizes
As the U.S. president prepares to reinsert himself in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, his best hope may be to set aside grand hopes for a final ...
Newtown sees jump in gun permit applications
Applications for gun permits have jumped in Newtown since the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, which sparked a renewed debate about stricter gun ...

Zimbabweans vote in favor of new constitution
Zimbabwe's electoral body said Tuesday that 94.5 percent of voters cast a ballot in favor of a new constitution that calls for a strengthening of ...

Congo warlord Bosco Ntaganda remains at US embassy
Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda dined at lakeside restaurants in full view of foreign diplomats and United Nations peacekeepers for years and never ...

In south Egypt, fears over Islamist vigilantes
The Gamaa Islamiya once waged a bloody insurgency here, attacking police and Christians in a campaign to create an Islamic state. Now a political ...

Zimbabwe rights lawyer to spend 3rd night in jail
Prominent Zimbabwean rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa was set to spend a third night in jail Tuesday after a court adjourned a hearing on charges she ...
Commander: Contingency plans under way for Syria
The top U.S. military commander in Europe said Tuesday that NATO is conducting contingency planning for possible military involvement in Syria and ...
Court backs student in textbook copyright case
The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that textbooks and other goods made and sold abroad can be re-sold online and in discount stores without violating U.S
High court rules for insurer in class-action suit
A unanimous Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected efforts by a plaintiff in a class-action lawsuit to keep his claim in state court rather than more ...

Challenge for pope in Europe's dwindling church
The church is made of rusty steel beams separated by gaps, and its austere beauty won it an international prize. Yet the eerie desolation of the ...
Senate panel advances White nomination to head SEC
A Senate panel has approved Mary Jo White's nomination to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission and sent it along for a final vote. The Senate ...

Rand Paul endorses immigrant path to citizenship
Republican Sen. Rand Paul said Tuesday that illegal immigrants should be allowed to become U.S. taxpayers and ultimately get a shot at citizenship, ...