CHILEAN STUDENT LEADER BACKS BACHELET’S REFORM
By LUIS ANDRES HENAO Newly elected member of Congress and former student leader Camila Vallejo of the Communist Party attends a campaign rally for presidential candidate Michelle Bachelet in Santiago,…
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APNewsBreak: ND white supremacist losing support
By BLAKE NICHOLSON File – In this Aug. 26, 2013 file photo Craig Cobb stands in an empty lot he owns on Main Street in Leith, N.D. The white supremacist…
Philippine corruption magnifies effects of typhoon
By OLIVER TEVES and NICK PERRY A plea for help in SOS is painted on a road in an aerial view from a U.S. Navy Seahawk helicopter over San Jose,…
Iowa seeks to rein in use of speed cameras
By RYAN J. FOLEY In this Nov. 12, 2013 photo is a highway sign warning motorists along Interstate 380 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa that the speed limit is enforced by…
Toronto council poised to strip mayor of powers
By DAVID CRARY and ROB GILLIES Toronto Mayor Rob Ford attends a council meeting as councillors look to pass motions to limit his powers in Toronto on Monday Nov. 18,…
Ex-Mayor Ed Koch’s furniture, art at NYC auction
This undated photo provided by Doyle New York shows a burgundy leather club chair and ottoman which belonged to former Mayor Ed Koch, and will now be sold at auction.…
White mayor, black wife: NYC shatters an image
By JESSE WASHINGTON FILE – In this Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013 file photo, New York Democratic mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio embraces his son Dante, left, daughter Chiara, second left,…
Mayor-elect says he’s ‘cleared the air’ with NYPD
Rev. Al Sharpton, center, president of National Action Network, welcomes Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio, right, to the organization’s headquarters on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013, in New York. De Blasio thanked…