South African: archivists study Mandela missives
By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA FILE – In this Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008 file photo former president Nelson Mandela, left, and his ex-wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, right, during the unveiling of a statue…
Social affairs
AP Photos: Prospectors seek fortune in legal pot
By GENE JOHNSON This combination of November 2013 photos in Washington state shows, top row from left, pastry chef Marla Molly Poiset, security guard Steve Smith and businesswoman Angel Swanson.…
Egypt Islamist tells army chief to avoid politics
By MAGGIE MICHAEL Abdel-Moneim Aboul-Fotouh talks during interview with the Associated Press at his home in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Nov. 18, 2013. Egypt’s reformist Islamist leader Aboul-Fotouh, who defected from…
United Methodists try Pa. pastor over gay marriage
By MICHAEL RUBINKAM FILE – This Sept. 2013 photo provided by The Rev. Frank Schaefer shows Schaefer, right, and his son Tim. The Rev. Frank Schaefer, 51, charged under United…
Public exhibit of St. Peter relics revives debate
By NICOLE WINFIELD FILE – In this April 1, 2013 file photo made available by the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis, followed by Cardinal Angelo Comastri, right, visits the…
Correction: 2016-Governors vs Washington story
By THOMAS BEAUMONT & STEVE PEOPLES U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., holds a cheesehead hat with a drawing of Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad on the top while presenting to Branstad…
Pakistan imposes curfew in city after clashes
By ZARAR KHAN Smoke hangs over a burnt market which was set on fire by Shiite Muslims in Friday’s clashes with Sunni Muslims, while authorities block a road with horse-carts…
White mayor, black wife: NYC shatters an image
By JESSE WASHINGTON FILE – In this Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013 file photo, New York Democratic mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio embraces his son Dante, left, daughter Chiara, second left,…