1Year later, AP reporter recalls origins of Ferguson movement
By JIM SALTER A year ago, most Americans had never heard of the St. Louis suburb called Ferguson. But after a white police officer fatally shot a black 18-year-old in…
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Biden for president? Allies mulling Clinton challenge
By JULIE PACE and JOSH LEDERMAN Vice President Joe Biden’s associates have resumed discussions about a 2016 presidential run after largely shelving such deliberations while his son was sick and…
Fatal police shooting in Wal-Mart under review 1 year later
By KANTELE FRANKO A year after a 22-year-old black man was killed by a white police officer while carrying an air rifle in an Ohio Wal-Mart, federal officials’ review of…
Sailing body to test for viruses in Rio Olympic venue
By STEPHEN WADE The governing body of world sailing says it will start doing its own independent testing for viruses in Rio’s Olympic waters after an Associated Press investigation showed…
Million-dollar donors lift Jeb Bush’s presidential ambitions
By JULIE BYKOWICZ and THOMAS BEAUMONT A dozen million-dollar contributors account for at least 10 percent of Jeb Bush’s record-setting presidential fundraising haul. The big-money boosters propelled Right to Rise,…
Malaysian premier: plane debris to be sent to France
By GREG KELLER and SYLVIE CORBET A sea-crusted wing part washed up on an island in the western Indian Ocean may be the first trace of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370…
Disavowed by GOP leaders, Trump has supporters cheering
By KATHLEEN RONAYNE AND JILL COLVIN The Republican establishment may hope this is the beginning of the end for Donald Trump’s circus-like run for the presidency. But as the fallout…
Obama visits prison to call for a fairer justice system
Peering from the back seat of his armored black limousine, President Barack Obama rode into a razor wire-surrounded federal prison Thursday and said he met young inmates “who made mistakes…