MORE ARMED SECURITY AT SCHOOLS AFTER NEWTOWN
By CHRISTINE ARMARIO In this photo taken Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013, Dara Van Antwerp, the school resource officer at Panther Run Elementary School Pembroke Pines, Fla., sits in the classroom…
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SAN DIEGO MAYOR AGREES TO RESIGN
By JULIE WATSON and ELLIOT SPAGAT San Diego Mayor Bob Filner speaks after agreeing to resign at a city council meeting Friday, Aug. 23, 2013, in San Diego. Filner agreed…
EGYPT’S INTERIM PREMIER SAYS SECURITY A PRIORITY
By TONY G. GABRIEL Supporters of Egypt’s ousted President Mohammed Morsi hold posters showing victims of a military crackdown on their protest camp during a march in Cairo, Friday, Aug.…
MARCH TO FOCUS ON CONTINUED FIGHT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS
By SUZANNE GAMBOA FILE- In this Aug. 28, 1963, black-and-white file photo Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, addresses marchers during his “I Have…
SNOWDEN SUSPECTED OF BYPASSING ELECTRONIC LOGS
By ADAM GOLDMAN and KIMBERLY DOZIER FILE – A Sunday, June 9, 2013, file photo provided by The Guardian newspaper in London shows Edward Snowden, who worked as a contract…
GOVERNMENT: PRISON MELEE LEAVES 30 DEAD IN BOLIVIA
By CARLOS VALDEZ Inmates relatives surround an ambulance leaving the Palmasola jail in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, Friday, Aug. 23, 2013. At least 15 inmates were killed, many in a fire,…
LOW TURNOUT FOR PRO-MORSI RALLIES IN EGYPT
By TONY G. GABRIEL and SARAH EL DEEB Egyptian security forces deploy in Tanta, Egypt, Friday, Aug. 23, 2013, where supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi clashed with residents, killing…
NM CLERK ORDERED TO GIVE GAY MARRIAGE LICENSES
Doña Ana County Clerk Lynn Ellins announces that his office is now issuing marriage licenses to same-gender couples, a first in the state’s history, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013 in Las…