Residents want charges for Denver officers who killed teen
By SADIE GURMAN Some residents are calling for a special prosecutor to investigate the Denver officers who shot and killed a 16-year-old girl who police say hit an officer with…
Human rights and civil liberties
French arrests beg question: Is free speech for all?
By JILL LAWLESS When cartoonists at a French publication that had poked fun at the Prophet Muhammad were shot dead, millions around the world felt it as an attack on…
Possible GOP candidates pitch ideas at conservative forum
By THOMAS BEAUMONT The robust Christian right in early-voting Iowa plays an outsize role in helping determine the Republican presidential nominee, a political reality not lost on the parade of…
Oregon focus of effort to expand background checks for guns
By JEFF BARNARD Fresh off a victory in Washington state, a leading gun control group backed by billionaire Michael Bloomberg is hoping to make Oregon its next prize in a…
Walker tells Iowa crowd of ‘go big and go bold’ attitude
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is holding up his “go big and go bold” attitude as something Republicans need to emulate in Washington. In a speech to Iowa conservatives Saturday, Walker…
France tackles discrimination, inequalities after attacks
The French government launched a new effort Thursday to heal social and religious fractures by better teaching children about secular values and steering them away from extremist propaganda, after French-born…
House GOP abruptly drops plans to debate abortion bill
By ALAN FRAM In an embarrassing setback, House Republicans abruptly decided Wednesday to drop planned debate of a bill criminalizing virtually all late-term abortions after objections from GOP women and…
5 Chechens arrested in France, including 1 with explosives
By LORI HINNANT and SYLVIE CORBET Five ethnic Chechens from Russia have been arrested in southern France, including one with a cache of explosives, a local mayor said Tuesday as…