Posts in category National & World

HOUSTON (AP) — Authorities have identified the one-armed, one-legged man in a wheelchair fatally shot by a Houston police officer.

(AP)- Some black clergy, seeing no good presidential choice between a Mormon candidate and one who supports gay marriage, are telling their flocks to stay …

SAN JUAN (AP) — A Puerto Rican retiree who served in some of the bloodiest battles of the Korean War received a belated appreciation Friday …

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS — Bruce Bolling, a prominent member of a Boston political family who became the first African-American president of the City Council, died …

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney are working feverishly for an increasingly smaller but crucial slice of the …

The following profile of President Barack Obama is excerpted from a report by  Associated Press writer Jerry Schwartz.

NEW YORK — A hip-hop mogul who managed Sean “Diddy” Combs, 50 Cent and Mariah Carey was found dead in his New York City apartment …

SEATTLE (AP) – George Hickman, one of the original Tuskegee airmen and a longtime usher at University of Washington and Seattle Seahawks games, has died …

SURRY, Va. (AP) _ The founder of an organization that bought NFL star Michael Vick’s former Surry County dogfighting compound is being sought on animal …

Associated Press MILWAUKEE — When they aren’t ranting in Internet forums, many of the nation’s white supremacists seek a louder outlet for their extreme views: …