Manhunt widens for ex-Marine in 6 killings
Schools closed and hospitals and other public places tightened security as police in two suburban Philadelphia counties hunted on Tuesday for a Marine veteran suspected of killing his ex-wife and…
Child welfare
Nobel laureate Malala predicts: change is coming
By DANICA KIRKA Nobel peace laureate Malala Yousafzai offered hope Wednesday that her prize will inspire young girls all over the world to fight for their rights — and to…
Rep. Michele Bachmann ready to leave Congress, but not politics
By HENRY C. JACKSON An audacious conservative, Rep. Michele Bachmann stood out from the moment she was first elected to Congress in 2006. Democrats were ascendant and Bachmann was a…
American couple cleared in daughter’s death leaves Qatar
By ABDULLAH REBHY An American couple cleared of charges in their adopted daughter’s death left the Gulf Arab nation on Wednesday, leaving behind them a nearly two-year saga that climaxed…
SOUTHWEST, SOUTH SCORE LOW ON CHILD-WELFARE INDEX
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Several states in the Deep South and Southwest have earned dismal scores on an annual child-welfare index that cited poverty and single-parent house households as worrisome…
Stevie J ‘feels great’ to be home, denies charge
By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. FILE – In this Feb. 9, 2013 file photo, Stevie J arrives at Roc Nation’s Pre-Grammy Brunch at the Soho House in Los Angeles. Stevie J…
UN COMMITTEE BLASTS VATICAN ON SEX AB– USE, ABORTION
By NICOLE WINFIELD Kirsten Sandberg, center, chairperson of the U.N. human rights committee on the rights of the child, talks to committee members Maria Herczog, right, and Benyam Mezmur during…
VATICAN FACING UN SHOWDOWN ON SEX AB– USE RECORD
By NICOLE WINFIELD and JOHN HEILPRIN FILE – In this Feb. 8, 2012 file photo Monsignor Charles Scicluna, the Holy See’s chief sex crimes prosecutor, meets journalists in Rome. The…