Longtime Ohio Congressman Louis Stokes dies at 90
Former U.S. Rep. Louis Stokes, a 15-term congressman from Ohio who took on tough assignments looking into assassinations and scandals, has died. He was 90. He died peacefully with his…
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Bomb explodes at Bangkok shrine, killing at least 16
By JERRY HARMER and ANUSONADISAI NATTASUDA A bomb exploded Monday evening at a popular shrine in the heart of Bangkok, an area frequented by thousands of tourists, office workers and…
Longtime civil rights activist Bond dead at 75
Julian Bond, a civil rights activist and longtime board chairman of the NAACP, died Saturday night, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. He was 75. Bond died in Fort…
Israeli force-feeding law pits doctors against state
By MIRIAM BERGER Hospital-bound and shackled, Palestinian detainee Mohammed Allan was 60 days into his hunger strike, launched in protest of his detention without charge in an Israeli jail, when…
Clinton giving up server amid concerns about classified data
By KEN DILANIAN Hillary Rodham Clinton’s presidential campaign casts her decision to turn over her personal email server to the Justice Department as cooperating with investigators. Her Republican critics suggest…
GOP candidates ride debate momentum to RedState activists
By SERGIO BUSTOS Republican presidential candidates are getting a second chance to make a good first impression with conservative activists after their inaugural televised debates had unheard of millions tuning…
Obama: Critics of Iran nuclear deal ‘selling a fantasy’
President Barack Obama assailed critics of his Iran nuclear deal Wednesday as “selling a fantasy” to the American people, warning Congress that blocking the accord would damage the nation’s credibility…
No. 2 Senate Republican proposing gun background check bill
By ALAN FRAM Backed by the National Rifle Association, the Senate’s No. 2 Republican leader is introducing legislation that would reward states for sending more information about residents with serious…