Posts in category National & World

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Tuesday nominated federal appeals judge Sonia Sotomayor as the nation’s first Hispanic Supreme Court justice, according to The Associated …

MIAMI – The Associated Press reports that five men were convicted Tuesday of plotting to join forces with al-Qaida to destroy Chicago’s Sears Tower.

WASHINGTON (AP) _ President Barack Obama’s pick to oversee food and drug safety pledged last week to revamp protection of the nation’s food supply to …

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama declared that he got the commitments he wanted this week from the leaders of Pakistan and Afghanistan to more …

DETROIT (AP) _ Basketball legend Dave Bing was elected as Detroit’s mayor through the end of the year, sweeping the incumbent from office in the …

WASHINGTON (AP) — As he starts his second 100 days as president, Barack Obama must yield much of his agenda’s fate to Congress. His biggest …

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Mexican toddler in Texas has died of the H1N1 flu strain, a virus that health officials fear could cause a pandemic, …

PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) _ South Africa’s long-dominant ANC won overwhelmingly in parliamentary elections, but did not retain the two-thirds majority it won with ease …

WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided Senate committee this week approved the nomination of a state governor who will spearhead the Obama administration’s effort to overhaul …

WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time in years, more Americans than not say the country is headed in the right direction, a sign that …