Memories painful on Chernobyl’s 30th anniversary
By MSTYSLAV CHERNOV and DMYTRO VLASOV As Ukraine and Belarus on Tuesday marked the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear accident with solemn words and an angry protest, some of…
Political and civil unrest
Justices seem divided over Obama immigration actions
By MARK SHERMAN The Supreme Court appeared divided between its liberal and conservative justices Monday over President Barack Obama’s immigration programs that could affect millions of people who are in…
Migrant protests intensify at the Greek border
Police have clashed with some 300 migrants and refugees at the Greek border with Macedonia, as protests intensified and thousands ignored government instructions to move to organized shelters. Youths threw…
Removal of Confederate symbols turns nasty in New Orleans
By CAIN BURDEAU Backlash against a plan to remove prominent Confederate monuments in New Orleans has been tinged by death threats, intimidation and even what may have been the torching…
Obama deeply dismayed by vulgarity, violence of campaign
By KEVIN FREKING President Barack Obama said Tuesday he was deeply disturbed by “vulgar and divisive rhetoric” directed at women and minorities as well as the violence that has occurred…
Brazil: Gov. regroups after huge protests against president
By MAURICIO SAVARESE and JENNY BARCHFIELD Embattled Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff called a meeting with her closest advisers and congressional leaders on Monday, a day after nationwide demonstrations urging her…
3 stabbed when violence erupts at KKK rally in California
By AMANDA MEYERS The home of Disneyland, the self-proclaimed Happiest Place on Earth, is also the town where the Ku Klux Klan once ran the City Council, patrolled city streets…
As protests swirl, Oscars have feel of high-stakes showdown
By JAKE COYLE Hollywood is bracing for an Academy Awards that more than any in recent memory, has the feel of a high-stakes showdown. After a second straight year of…