DE BLASIO VOWS SWEEPING CHANGE AS NYC’S NEXT MAYOR
By JONATHAN LEMIRE Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio stands with his wife, Chirlane McCray as they talk with school children at MS 51 after he announced Carmen Farina as the next…
National elections
KIEV ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTEST DRAWS 100,000
By YURAS KARMANAU Pro-European Union activists gather in Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013. Ukraine has been stricken with mass protests for over a month, as protesters…
DEMOCRATS WORK TO RAISE NUMBER OF FEMALE GOVERNORS
By STEVE PEOPLES FILE – In this Sept. 27, 2013, file photo, New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan speaks at an Emily’s List town hall discussion entitled “Madam President” in Manchester,…
ONLY NOMINAL COMPETITION IN TURKMENISTAN’S VOTE
A Turkmenistan woman dressed in traditional clothes casts her ballot at polling station during parliamentary elections in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2013. Voters in the energy-rich Turkmenistan are casting…
UKRAINE PRESIDENT PROPOSES PROTESTER AMNESTY
By JIM HEINTZ and YURAS KARMANAU A Pro-European Union activist guards a barricade in the Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine Friday, Dec. 13, 2013. A leader of the massive anti-government…
NELSON MANDELA, 20TH CENTURY COLOSSUS, DIES AT 95
By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA and MARCUS ELIASON FILE – In this March 17, 1997 file photo, South African President Nelson Mandela, left, shows the way to Britain’s Princess Diana in Cape…
UKRAINE MASS PROTESTS RESUME AFTER GOVT WINS VOTE
By MARIA DANILOVA People rally outside of the presidential administration building in downtown Kiev, Ukraine, on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013. Ukraine’s opposition failed to force out the government with a…
UKRAINE OPPOSITION FAILS TO FORCE OUT GOVT IN VOTE
By MARIA DANILOVA Protesters chant slogans outside the Parliament in Kiev, Ukraine, on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013. Ukraine’s parliament on Tuesday opened a high-tension session in which the opposition aims…