Protest over Chicago teen’s shooting set for retail district
By DON BABWIN After days of protests in Chicago since the release of a video showing a black teenager shot 16 times by a white police officer, demonstrators were poised…
Human rights and civil liberties
The Latest: Chicago activists call for Black Friday protest
The latest on the aftermath of the shooting of a black teenager by a white Chicago police officer (all times local): 1:45 p.m. A group of activists is calling for…
The Latest: Iran blames Turkey for downing of Russian jet
The latest on the war in Syria, including a Russian warplane shot down by Turkey. All times local: 9:25 p.m. Iran is lashing out at Turkey over the shooting down…
Justices review DA’s choice of all-white murder trial jury
By MARK SHERMAN and KATE BRUMBACK Prosecutor Stephen Lanier’s meaning was unmistakable when he urged jurors in north Georgia to sentence the defendant to death in part to deter other…
Democrats welcome the gun debate to the campaign
By KATHLEEN HENNESSEY After 15 years of a virtual gag order on guns in presidential politics, Democrats are talking again. President Barack Obama is considering more executive action on gun…
Syrian troops gain as Putin defends strikes
By SARAH EL DEEB and LYNN BERRY Syrian troops backed by Russian airstrikes advanced against insurgents in the center of the country as President Vladimir Putin defended Moscow’s intervention in…
Nobel Peace Prize boosts struggling Tunisian democracy
By PAUL SCHEMM, BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA and KARL RITTER It was the fall of 2013 and Tunisia’s newfound democracy was in grave danger. The assassination of a left-wing politician had…
Clinton subject to hack attempts from China, Korea, Germany
By KEN DILANIAN, JACK GILLUM and STEPHEN BRAUN Hillary Rodham Clinton’s private email server, which stored some 55,000 pages of emails from her time as secretary of state, was the…