Filner casts short shadow in San Diego mayor race
By ELLIOT SPAGATSAN DIEGO (AP) — It took Democrats 20 years to recapture the mayor’s seat in San Diego and less than nine months for one of their own to…
Local elections
Court blocks ruling on NY police stop-frisk policy
By LARRY NEUMEISTER and COLLEEN LONG FILE – In this Aug. 13, 2013 file photo, police officers take a report from a woman who had her phone stolen in the…
NYC stop-frisk ruling halted by appeals court
By COLLEEN LONG and LARRY NEUMEISTER ILE- In this Friday, May 17, 2013, file photo, U.S. District Court Judge Shira Scheindlin is interviewed in her federal court chambers, in New…
Israeli city divided by religion after close vote
By ARON HELLER In this Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013, photo, Israeli secular and moderate religious residents of Beit Shemesh protest during a demonstration demanding a new vote in the mayoral…
JERUSALEM MAYOR FIGHTS TO HOLD SEAT IN LOCAL VOTE
By DANIEL ESTRIN Jerusalem mayor Nir Barkat, votes in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013. The mayors of Israel’s two largest cities are fighting for their political survival in municipal elections…
SAUDI ARABIA REJECTS SEAT ON UN SECURITY COUNCIL
By AYA BATRAWY and EDITH M. LEDERER FILE – In this Friday, Sept. 27, 2013 file photo, the United Nations Security Council votes on a resolution that will require Syria…
SOUTHERN STATES ARE MOVING TO TIGHTEN VOTING RULES
By MICHAEL J. MISHAK FILE – This June 25, 2013, file photo shows representatives from the NAACP Legal Defense Fund standing outside the Supreme Court in Washington, awaiting a decision…
NEW YORKERS FACE VERY DIFFERENT CHOICES FOR MAYOR
By JONATHAN LEMIRE and JENNIFER PELTZ This combination of Associated Press file photos shows, left, an Aug. 6, 2013, file photo, of New York Republican mayoral hopeful Joe Lhota, and…