Obama deeply dismayed by vulgarity, violence of campaign
By KEVIN FREKING President Barack Obama said Tuesday he was deeply disturbed by “vulgar and divisive rhetoric” directed at women and minorities as well as the violence that has occurred…
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3 stabbed when violence erupts at KKK rally in California
By AMANDA MEYERS The home of Disneyland, the self-proclaimed Happiest Place on Earth, is also the town where the Ku Klux Klan once ran the City Council, patrolled city streets…
52 dead, 12 injured in riot at northern Mexico prison
By PORFIRIO IBARRA and MARK STEVENSON A brutal fight between rival factions killed 52 inmates and injured 12 at a prison in northern Mexico on Thursday, the state governor said.…
Ex-Ivory Coast leader pleads not guilty to atrocities
By MIKE CORDER Netherlands International Court Ivory Coast Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo awaits the start of his trial at the International… Read more THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) —…
Attorney General defends executive actions on guns as legal
By ALAN FRAM Attorney General Loretta Lynch defended President Barack Obama’s executive actions curbing guns, telling lawmakers Wednesday that the president took lawful, common-sense steps to stem firearms violence that…
Woman in shooting pledged allegiance to IS
By AMANDA LEE MYERS and TAMI ABDOLLAH The woman who helped her husband kill 14 people at a holiday banquet for his county co-workers pledged allegiance to the Islamic State…
14 dead, 17 wounded in California shooting; 2 suspects dead
By AMANDA LEE MYERS and JUSTIN PRITCHARD A heavily armed man and woman dressed for battle opened fire on a holiday banquet for his co-workers, killing 14 people and seriously…
The Latest: Chicago activists call for Black Friday protest
The latest on the aftermath of the shooting of a black teenager by a white Chicago police officer (all times local): 1:45 p.m. A group of activists is calling for…