NO VOTE ON RENAME OF TULSA STREET LINKED TO KKK
By JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUS FILE – In this June 27, 2013 file photo, people walk past The Tavern in the Brady Arts District in Tulsa, Okla. After a three-hour public hearing,…
Government and politics
OBAMA TO HONOR CLINTON, OPRAH WITH FREEDOM MEDAL
By JOSH LEDERMAN FILE – In this May 30, 2013 file photo, Oprah Winfrey speaks during Harvard University’s commencement ceremonies in Cambridge, Mass. President Barack Obama will bestow the nation’s…
VOTE SUPPRESSION ALLEGED IN CLOSE FLA. ELECTION
By BRENDAN FARRINGTON In this July 11, 2013 photo, former Sopchoppy City Commissioner Anginita Rosier poses for a photo in Tallahassee, Fla. State authorities are investigating her complaint that Sopchoppy…
SENATE CONTROL HINGES ON FATE OF SOUTHERN DEMS
By DONNA CASSATA FILE – In this July 30, 2013 file photo, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Republicans are counting…
SHELLS HIT DAMASCUS AREA AS ASSAD ATTENDS PRAYERS
By ALBERT AJI and BARBARA SURK In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, President Bashar Assad, third right in front row, alongside Syria’s grand mufti, second…
KENYA AIRPORT FIRE: SLOW RETURN OF INT’L FLIGHTS
By JASON STRAZIUSO and TOM ODULA Armed policemen cordon off the area as fire rages at the international arrivals unit of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday, Aug. 7,…
BOMB KILLS 14 AS AFGHAN PRESIDENT CALLS FOR PEACE
By AMIR SHAH and PATRICK QUINN Afghan President Hamid Karzai arrives for Eid al-Fitr prayer that marks the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday,…
PACIFIC FLEET’S SUBMARINE FORCE GETS NEW COMMANDER
By AUDREY McAVOY Rear Adm. James Frank Caldwell, Jr. receives a lei from Tammy Dureg, a fellow member of the Honolulu Pearl Canoe Club, after a U.S. Pacific Fleet submarine…