NFL investigating whether Patriots used deflated footballs
By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Pro Football Writer The NFL is investigating whether the New England Patriots deflated footballs that were used in their AFC championship …
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Havana talks start with promises by Obama, Cuban caution
By BRADLEY KLAPPER and MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN HAVANA (AP) — The highest-level U.S. delegation to Cuba in decades begins two days of negotiations with grand promises by President Barack …
Man who saved lives at Paris grocery gets French citizenship
PARIS (AP) — French authorities have honored a Mali-born employee who saved lives at the kosher supermarket attacked by terrorists as a hero and granted …
Shiite rebels shell Yemen president’s home, take over palace
By AHMED AL-HAJ SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemen’s powerful Shiite Houthi rebels shelled the residence of the country’s embattled president Tuesday and simultaneously swept into the …
Japanese premier vows to save hostages
By JON GAMBRELL and MARI YAMAGUCHI CAIRO (AP) — The Islamic State group threatened to kill two Japanese hostages Tuesday unless they receive $200 …
Boko Haram massacres- world leaders are silent
By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Survivors of an assault by Islamic militants that killed hundreds of civilians in Nigeria have described days …
More women and minorities in Congress
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON — The new 114th Congress counts more minorities and women than ever, although lawmakers remain overwhelmingly white and male …
Supreme Court asked to overturn restriction on guns
Fairfax, Va. — Twenty-five state attorneys general joined Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning in filing a brief supporting the National Rifle Association in Jackson v. San Francisco. This case …
France, Israel mourn; Man linked to Paris attacker held
French citizen Fritz-Joly Joachin, 29, sits inside the courtroom before his trial in the town of Haskovo, Bulgaria on Monday, Jan. 12, 2015. Bulgarian authorities said Tuesday Jan. 13 they have arrested a French citizen believed to have links to one of the Kouachi brothers. Fritz-Joly Joachin, 29, was arrested under two European arrest warrants, one citing his alleged links to a terrorist organization, and a second for allegedly kidnapping his 3-year-old son and smuggling him out of the country.