Posts in category National & World

Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON — A determined Republican stall campaign in the Senate has sidetracked so many of the men and women nominated by President …

LANSING, Mich. (AP) – Democratic gubernatorial candidate Virg Bernero says he’ll stop the state from doing business with banks that won’t lend in Michigan if he’s …

Associated Press Writer HAVANA (AP) — Cuba issued a pair of surprising free-market decrees, allowing foreign investors to lease government land for up to 99 …

Associated Press Writer ATLANTA — Federal agents are seeking to hire Ebonics translators to help interpret wiretapped conversations involving targets of undercover drug investigations. The …

PITTSBURGH (AP) -A black teen who attended the city’s performing arts high school has filed a federal lawsuit saying three white Pittsburgh police officers wrongfully beat …

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) – Hurricane Earl lashed the northeastern Caribbean on Monday as a still-growing Category 3 storm on a course that could …

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California’s attorney general sued “tax lady” Roni Deutch for more than $34 million on Monday, alleging that her law firm regularly violates …

Associated Press Writers MOGADISHU, Somalia — Men are forced to grow beards. Women can’t leave home without a male relative. Music, movies and watching sports …

Associated Press Writer TOLEDO, Ohio — As a child, Wanda Butts learned to stay away from the water. Her father had witnessed a drowning when …

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – Longshot U.S. Senate candidate Alvin Greene was kicked out of a South Carolina restaurant after police say a woman accompanying him …