World considers a Trump presidency, and many shudder
Associated Press and John-Thor Dahlburg
March 2, 2016
BRUSSELS (AP) — Following Donald Trump's breathtaking string of Super Tuesday victories, politicians, editorial writers and ordinary people worldwide were coming to grips Wednesday with the growing possibility the brash New York billionaire might become America's next president - a thought that aroused widespread befuddlement and a good deal of horror. Read More »...
Recent terrorist attacks show reach of ISIS
Rachel Hinton
January 24, 2016
One evening last November, when Parisians were preparing to go out for the start of the weekend, news of three explosions near the Stade de France circulated not long after the three suicide bombers detonated their vests. Shortly after, armed terrorists, pledging allegiance to the Islamic State, or ISIS, would open fire i...
Flint declared an emergency, EPA official steps down
January 24, 2016
FLINT, Michigan (AP) - The federal government is investing more money this year to help local governments improve their water systems, and about $80 million will go to Michigan next week, President Barack Obama told the nation's mayors Thursday, as part of the U.S. Conference of Mayors. Read More »...
The gloves are off
January 24, 2016
INDIANOLA, Iowa (AP) - With days to go before the lead-off Iowa caucuses, Hillary Clinton on Thursday ramped up her attacks on fellow Democrat Bernie Sanders, who said she is not interested in ideas that will “never make it in the real world.” Read More »...
Claypool announces CPS layoffs
January 24, 2016
CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) - Chicago Public Schools plan to announce layoffs of members of its central office staff. Read More »...
‘Mein Kampf’ returns to shelves
Aiden Kent
January 18, 2016
The Munich Institute of Contemporary History in Bavaria, a federal state of Germany, published an academic reissue of Adolf Hitler’s infamous manifesto “Mein Kampf” with annotations on Friday, Jan. 8. Read More »...
AP fact check: Sour notes on immigration, security in debate
Associated Press, Tami Abdollah, and Vivian Salama
December 16, 2015
WASHINGTON (AP) — The vast complexities of a dangerous world were cast in too-simple terms in the latest Republican presidential debate. Read More »...
Discarded cell phone led to Paris attacks ringleader
Associated Press, LORI HINNANT, and KARL RITTER
November 19, 2015
PARIS (AP) — French investigators tracked down the alleged ringleader of last week's Paris bloodshed after receiving a startling tipoff: Read More »...
Concerned students confront legacy of racism
Rachel Hinton
November 15, 2015
In 1938, Lloyd Gaines, a Missouri resident, became the subject of Gaines v. Canada, a U.S. Supreme Court case that required the state of Missouri to either let Gaines attend the University of Missouri, Columbia’s law school or create another school that would provide him the same education. Read More »...
World leaders convene, vow response
Associated Press and Vladamir Isachenkov
November 15, 2015
World leaders vowed a vigorous response to the Islamic State group's terror spree in Paris as they opened a two-day meeting in Turkey on Sunday, with President Barack Obama calling the violence an "attack on the civilized world" and Russian President Vladimir Putin urging "global efforts" to confront the th...
How Veterans Day is commemorated around the United States
The Associated Press
November 11, 2015
Ninety-seven years ago, an armistice ended World War I, which was then the greatest conflict the world had ever seen. Read More »...
Bomb may have downed Russian jet, US, UK officials say
Associated Press, Jill Lawless, and Ken Dilanian
November 4, 2015
LONDON (AP) — British and U.S. officials said Wednesday they have information suggesting the Russian jetliner that crashed in the Egyptian desert may have been brought down by a bomb, and Britain said it was suspending flights to and from the Sinai Peninsula indefinitely. Read More &raq...
