DEALERS NOW BEING CHARGED IN DRUG OVERDOSE DEATHS
By KATIE ZEZIMA Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato listens to a question Wednesday Aug. 7, 2013, in Toms River, N.J. With the number of heroin overdoses skyrocketing nationwide, a…
Government and politics
FAMILY: US MAN DETAINED IN N. KOREA HOSPITALIZED
By GENE JOHNSON This 2011 family photo provided by Terri Chung shows Kenneth Bae. Bae, an American tour operator and Christian missionary, was arrested in North Korea last November, when…
EGYPT POLICE TO BESIEGE SIT-INS WITHIN 24 HOURS
By AYA BATRAWY Supporters of Egypt’s ousted President Mohammed Morsi walk through makeshift barriers to a sit-in at Nahda Square, which is fortified with multiple walls of bricks, tires, metal…
IMMIGRATION CAMPAIGN PASSES BY SOME IN GOP
By ERICA WERNER FILE – In this June 28, 2012 file photo Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md., speaks at a news conference outside the US Capitol in Washington. As immigration advocates…
CHILLY RECEPTION FOR KERRY IN BRAZIL, COLOMBIA?
By DEB RIECHMANN In this photo taken Aug. 9, 2013, Secretary of State John Kerry listens to translation as he meets with Russian Foreign and Defense ministers at the State…
LIBERIA MARKS ANNIVERSARY OF TAYLOR’S DEPARTURE
By JONATHAN PAYE-LAYLEH FILE – In this Aug. 11, 2003 file photo, Liberian ex-President Charles Taylor, carrying his staff, leaves with wife Jewel Howard-Taylor after officially handing over the power…
ISRAEL APPROVES NEARLY 1,200 NEW SETTLEMENT HOMES
By KARIN LAUB and DANIEL ESTRIN FILE – In this Sept. 20, 2010 aerial file photo, taken through the window of an airplane, the West Bank Jewish settlement of Ariel…
CHICAGO SCHOOL CLOSINGS WORRY POOR NEIGHBORHOODS
By DON BABWIN In this Aug. 6, 2013 photo, satellite classrooms at the vacant Guggenheim Elementary School building show disrepair and vandalism in Chicago. In the year since Guggenheim School…