Protesters march for end of ‘dictatorship’ amid standoff
By JOSHUA GOODMAN and HANNAH DREIER Masses of protesters jammed the streets of Venezuela’s capital on Wednesday on the heels of a move by congress to open a political trial…
Municipal governments
Mayor: Pilot tells police that plane crash was intentional
By DAVE COLLINS The pilot of a small plane that crashed on a busy road near the headquarters of military jet-engine maker Pratt & Whitney, killing a passenger, told police…
DIVIDED AMERICA: Minorities hopeful, whites sour on future
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and SCOTT BAUER Consider two women in their 70s, both residents of the Kansas City area. One is white and affluent; the other is black and working…
Lead crisis in housing project was actually no surprise
By SARA BURNETT and JASON KEYSER When the mayor in this industrial town ordered the evacuation of a 40-year-old public-housing complex this summer because of severe lead contamination, many people…
Mayor at center of bridge scandal says he lied about motive
A Democratic New Jersey mayor who prosecutors say was punished with traffic gridlock by former allies of Republican Gov. Chris Christie for not endorsing Christie tells a jury he lied…
Naturalized US citizen from Afghanistan sought in NYC blast
By JAKE PEARSON and ALICIA A. CALDWELL Police released a photo of a 28-year-old immigrant wanted for questioning Monday in bombings that rocked a Manhattan neighborhood and a New Jersey…
Full inquiry promised in fatal police shooting of boy, 13
By KANTELE FRANKO and ANN SANNER The fatal police shooting of a 13-year-old Columbus boy who officers said pulled a BB gun from his waistband that looked like a real…
Witness says Philippine president ordered killings of 1,000
By JIM GOMEZ and TERESA CEROJANO A former Filipino militiaman testified before the country’s Senate on Thursday that President Rodrigo Duterte, when he was still a city mayor, ordered him…