Posts in category National & World

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama signed a landmark law Wednesday repealing the ban on gay men and women serving openly in the military, fulfilling one …

HAVANA (AP) — A newly released confidential U.S. diplomatic cable predicted Cuba’s economic situation could become “fatal” within two to three years and detailed concerns …

Associated Press PITTSBURGH — In the unlikely event that your Christmas list this year includes every item mentioned in The Twelve Days of Christmas, be …

WASHINGTON (AP) _ In a disclosure of some of the most sensitive information revealed yet by WikiLeaks, the website has released a secret cable listing …

Associated Press WASHINGTON — The number of hate crime incidents and victims declined in 2009, compared with the previous year, the FBI reported Monday.

Associated Press WASHINGTON — Black farmers and American Indians who say the United States discriminated against them and took their money for decades are a …

GENEVA (AP) — Recent positive comments by the pope about condom use by male prostitutes will help fight the AIDS crisis, health groups said Sunday, …

WASHINGTON (AP) _ Raising the retirement age for Social Security would disproportionately hurt low-income workers and minorities, and increase disability claims by older people unable …

Associated Press GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — He’s the most famous son of this quiet mountain hamlet in western Massachusetts. But, until recently, people looking for …

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) _ Representatives of Memphis Hispanic groups and their supporters decried comments by a Republican lawmaker who likened illegal immigrant births to rats …