Posts in category National & World

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: …

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

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Defections from al-Qaida-linked militant group al-Shabab are accelerating as Somali and African Union troops take new territory around the capital Mogadishu, according …

AP National Writer PHILADELPHIA — Ask Americans how race relations have changed under their first black president and they are ready with answers.

  DENVER — Some of the victims fighting for their lives after being wounded in last week’s Colorado theater rampage may face enormous medical bills …