FEDERAL JUDGE DELAYS EX-DETROIT MAYOR’S SENTENCING
FILE – In this Jan. 29,2013 file photo former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick waits in line to enter federal court in Detroit during his corruption trial, which led to his conviction.…
Government and politics
OBESITY VERY HIGH IN 13 STATES; MANY IN THE SOUTH
By MIKE STOBBE FILE – In this June 26, 2012 file photo, two women speak to each other in New York. A national telephone survey found 13 states with very…
REACTIONS TO EGYPTIAN CRACKDOWN ON PRO-MORSI CAMPS
By The Associated Press Egyptians walk among the burned remains of the Rabaah al-Adawiya mosque, in the center of the largest protest camp of supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi,…
DC FIRE DEPT. STRAINS TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY CARE
FILE – In this Dec. 16, 2010, file photo, Kenneth Ellerbe Washington then-Washington Mayor-Elect Vince Gray’s nominee for Chief of Fire and Emergency Medical Services, center, talks as fellow nominees,…
IRAQI PREMIER VOWS TO CONTINUE SECURITY OPERATIONS
By SAMEER N. YACOUB A man inspects the damage at a cafe following a suicide bombing in Balad, 60 miles (80 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2013.…
JESSE JACKSON JR. SAYS HE’S SORRY FOR HIS CRIMES
By MICHAEL TARM and FREDERIC J. FROMMER Former Illinois Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. and his wife, Sandra, arrive at federal court in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013, to learn their…
POLICE KILL LA. BANK HOSTAGE TAKER; 1 HOSTAGE DIES
By HOLBROOK MOHR Investigators work throughout the early morning hours Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013 at the Tensas State Bank branch in St. Joseph, La., where a gunman took three people…
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS PULLS OUT OF SOMALIA
By JASON STRAZIUSO Medecins Sans Frontiers (MSF) International President Dr. Unni Karunakara addresses journalists during a press conference in Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. The aid group Doctors Without…