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What do voters think? A peek beyond the ballot
Want to know what American voters really think? Most say the wealthy get unfair breaks. They're tepid toward the tea party, divided about gay marriage
Where Obama stands on the issues
A look at where President Barack Obama stands on some of the issues that the country will face in his second term. Abortion and birth control: ...
America casts its ballots on democracy's day
On Election Day, Americans took time to vote, and to explain why this ritual means so much to them. At polling places and in luncheonettes, on the ...
Solid support for Romney among US voters in Israel
American expatriates in Israel are lining up strongly behind Republican candidate Mitt Romney, in contrast to their fellow Jews back in the U.S.
PROMISES, PROMISES: Hours to go, promises to keep
Mitt Romney has a ton of promises to keep if he becomes president, and that's on his first day alone, never mind the other 1,460 days. Barack Obama ...
Puerto Ricans are key in Florida presidential vote
President Barack Obama has a problem with Florida's important Puerto Rican voters, and it has little to do with the immigration and deportation issues ...
Young immigrant, newly fearless, ponders future
Angy Rivera glided through the airport as though she owned it, giddy with excitement at her brave new world. Then she saw the security guards, and ...
Texas asks FBI to investigate helicopter shooting
Texas state police said Friday they have asked for a federal investigation of a chase in which a trooper fired on a fleeing pickup truck from a ...
Obama and Romney: Where they stand on the issues
A look at where Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican presidential rival Mitt Romney stand on a selection of issues, in brief: ABORTION and ...
Out of reach today, minorities a key to GOP future
It's a fairly safe bet, based on polls and history, that non-Hispanic white voters will choose Republican Mitt Romney by a wide margin in Tuesday's ...
Texas trooper in chopper shooting returns to work
The Texas trooper who fired on a fleeing pickup truck from a helicopter near the U.S.-Mexico border, killing two illegal immigrants hiding in the bed, ...
Obama 2nd term: Leverage, lessons learned, legacy
If he wins, President Barack Obama would try to apply the leverage of his victory toward a lasting economic revival on his terms, guided by political ...
Immigration judges behind on caseload
The government is not keeping up with the caseload in federal immigration courts, even with an increase in the number of judges handling the cases, ...
Hit by crisis, Greek society in free-fall
A sign taped to a wall in an Athens hospital appealed for civility from patients. "The doctors on duty have been unpaid since May," it read, "Please ...
Decisions show partisan bent in election managers
Decisions about how aggressively to purge ineligible noncitizens from voting rolls have varied widely from one state or county to the next, with ...
Population bulge tests India's growth aspirations
Vijay Kumar clutched a worn plastic folder containing his high school diploma and his nursing aide certificate as he joined a long queue at an ...
Diplomat: Texas agents should have seen people
Texas law enforcement agents were close enough to a pickup truck to see it was carrying people, not drugs, before one opened fire, killing two ...
Pot, gay marriage, suicide are ballot-item topics
After all the economy-focused campaign talk, voters in some states will get a chance on Election Day to sound off on intriguing topics that the ...
Calif Latino grocery chain fights immigration woes
Two decades ago, Mi Pueblo Food Center began modestly as a small butcher shop run by an illegal immigrant. Now, the supermarket that caters to the ...
Latino House candidates set to make history
It is lunch hour at Barelas Coffee House, in the heart of one of Albuquerque's oldest Latino neighborhoods. Democratic House candidate Michelle Lujan ...
Trooper fired from chopper to stop truck, kills 2
A Texas state trooper who fired on a pickup truck from a helicopter and killed two illegal immigrants during a chase through the desert was trying to ...
Very few voters to decide presidential race
The outcome of the hard-fought but still deadlocked presidential race between President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney will be ...
Ukraine under fire in Russian activist's abduction
Ukraine let Russian agents kidnap an anti-Kremlin activist seeking asylum in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev and forcibly bring him back to Moscow, the ...
Jump in young adults moving out of state
Their lives on hold for years, young adults are now making big moves in the fledgling economic recovery, leaving college towns or parents' homes and ...