OBAMA WITHDRAWS APPEALS COURT PICK
By JOSH LEDERMAN FILE – This April 27, 2005 file photo shows Caitlin J. Halligan, in the Court of Appeals in Albany, N.Y. Obama withdrew his nomination of Halligan to…
Social affairs
ND LAWMAKERS DEFINE LIFE AS STARTING AT CONCEPTION
By JAMES MacPHERSON North Dakota Republican Sen. Margaret Sitte poses for a picture at the state Capitol in Bismarck, N.D., on Friday, March 22, 2013. The Bismarck Republican is the…
INTERNATIONAL COURT DETAINS RWANDAN-BORN WARLORD
By MIKE CORDER FILE – In this Jan. 16, 2009 file photo, Bosco Ntaganda, seated center, holds a press conference with Congo Interior Minister Celestine Mboyo, right, in Goma, Congo,…
CHICAGO TEACHERS GET NOTICE OF SCHOOL CLOSINGS
By SARA BURNETT and JASON KEYSER William Penn Elementary School Council Representative Rev. Dr. Brian Henderson speaks at a news conference held by the Committee to Save North Lawndale Schools,…
TURKEY, DUTCH LEADERS SPAR OVER BOY’S FOSTER CASE
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, right, and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan are seen at the start of a meeting in Catshuis residence in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday March…
XI VISITS RUSSIA AS CHINA SEEKS BIGGER GLOBAL ROLE
By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN In this March 16, 2013 photo, Chinese President Xi Jinping claps as he arrives at a plenary session of the National People’s Congress held in Beijing’s Great…
RUSSIA SEARCHES HUNDREDS OF RIGHTS GROUPS, NGOS
By MAX SEDDON Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting on sports issues in Kazan, 720 kilometers (450 miles) east of Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, March 19, 2013. Putin is touring…
LANDMARK GUN BILLS SIGNED IN COLORADO
By IVAN MORENO FILE – In this Dec. 12, 2012 file photo, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper is pictured during an interview with the Associated Press at his office in the…