As US housing recovers, low incomes keep Detroit far behind
By COREY WILLIAMS Ann and Oscar Mack had fallen behind on property taxes and knew they faced foreclosure on their home of 20 years. But they didn’t know their house…
Municipal governments
South Africa’s ruling party suffers biggest election setback
By CARA ANNA South Africa’s ruling party has suffered its worst election setback since taking power at the end of apartheid a generation ago, with the African National Congress losing…
Attacker wounds 2 police in Belgium, shouts ‘Allahu Akhbar’
Two female officers were attacked and wounded by a man wielding a machete and shouting “Allahu Akhbar” outside the main police station in the Belgian city of Charleroi on Saturday,…
Syrian civilians begin leaving rebel-held parts of Aleppo
By BASSEM MROUE Dozens of families and some opposition fighters started leaving besieged rebel-held neighborhoods in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on Saturday after the government opened safe corridors…
Prosecutors drop all remaining charges in Freddie Gray case
By JULIET LINDERMAN Prosecutors on Wednesday dropped all remaining charges against the three Baltimore police officers who were still awaiting trial in Freddie Gray’ death, blaming police for a biased…
Authorities: Kansas officer’s shooting death not an ambush
By MARIA SUDEKUM The fatal shooting of a Kansas City, Kansas, police officer was not part of a planned ambush, but the work of someone trying to evade arrest, authorities…
Police: 5 officers dead, 7 hurt in Dallas protest shooting
By TERRY WALLACE Gunmen shot and killed five police officers and wounded seven others during a protest over fatal police shootings of black men in other states, authorities said. It…
DIVIDED AMERICA: Town and country offer differing realities
From where Peggy Sheahan stands, deep in rural Colorado, the last eight years were abysmal. Otero County, where Sheahan lives, is steadily losing population. Middle-class jobs vanished years ago as…