UN ADOPTS TREATY TO REGULATE GLOBAL ARMS TRADE
By EDITH M. LEDERER FILE – In this Sept. 13, 2005 file photo, the flags of member nations fly outside the General Assembly building at the United Nations headquarters in…
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NY STATE SEN. ARRESTED IN ALLEGED MAYOR RACE PLOT
FILE – In this Dec. 8, 2008 file photo, New York state Sen. Malcolm Smith, D-Queens, speaks with reporters at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. The FBI says Smith and…
MUSLIMS WORRY ABOUT BROADER FRANCE HEADSCARF BAN
By JAMEY KEATEN A vendor sets up his stall on the first day of the 30th Annual Meeting of France’s Muslims, at Le Bourget, Europe’s largest and most popular Muslim…
SHOULD LAWS BE COLORBLIND? SUPREME COURT WEIGHS IN
By HOPE YEN In this March 5, 2013 photo, University of Texas senior Bradley Poole, 21, poses for a photo on the campus in Austin, Texas. Poole, an advertising major,…
APNEWSBREAK: GAS TRADE GROUP SEEKS FRACKING PROBE
By MICHAEL GORMLEY FILE – In this file photo of Jan. 17, 2013, Yoko Ono, left, and her son Sean Lennon visit a fracking site in Franklin Forks, Pa., during…
ARIZONA GUN PROPONENTS LAUNCH FREE GUN PROGRAM
By CRISTINA SILVA Former Tucson, Ariz. mayoral candidate Shaun McClusky poses with a shotgun at Black Weapons Armory in Tucson, Thursday, March 28, 2013. The weapon is similar to those…
PUBLIC PACKS IOWA HEARING ON RELEASING KILLER
By RYAN J. FOLEY This Nov. 1, 2012 photo provided by the Iowa Department of Corrections shows Rasberry Williams who is serving a life sentence for fatally shooting an acquaintance…
OBAMA GIVES SECRET SERVICE ITS 1ST FEMALE DIRECTOR
By JULIE PACE This undated handout photo provided by the US Secret Service shows Secret Service agent Julia Pierson. President Barack Obama will appoint the veteran Secret Service agent as…