AP-GfK Poll: Improved economic outlook boosts Obama approval
By KATHLEEN HENNESSEY and EMILY SWANSON As many in the United States hold their noses in the search for the next president, they’re increasingly warming to the president they already…
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Dead pig found at German mosque building site
Police say a dead pig with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s name daubed on it has been found at a construction site where a mosque is being built in the eastern German…
3 stabbed when violence erupts at KKK rally in California
By AMANDA MEYERS The home of Disneyland, the self-proclaimed Happiest Place on Earth, is also the town where the Ku Klux Klan once ran the City Council, patrolled city streets…
Trump rolls out powerhouse Christie endorsement
By STEVE PEOPLES and JILL COLVIN New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie backed Donald Trump in the Republican race for president Friday, a powerhouse endorsement as the billionaire tries to beat…
The Latest: Dutch riot police, anti-migrant protesters clash
AMSTERDAM (AP) — The Latest on the flow of refugees from the Middle East and elsewhere to Europe (all times local): 4 p.m. Riot police have clashed with demonstrators in…
AP Poll: Public doubts Washington’s problem-solving ability
By BILL BARROW and EMILY SWANSON As the first voting nears in the presidential race, most Americans have little to no confidence in the federal government to confront what they…
Mother of ‘affluenza’ teen is jailed in Los Angeles
By CHRISTOPHER WEBER The mother of a fugitive Texas teen known for using an “affluenza” defense in a fatal drunken-driving accident is jailed in Los Angeles on Thursday after being…
Latest: Sheriff says Couch, mother drove to Mexico
The latest in the case of a Texas teenager serving probation for killing four people in a drunken-driving wreck after invoking an “affluenza” defense (all times local): 11 a.m. A…