Regime change debate creates unusual 2016 alliances
America’s 2016 presidential candidates are split on promoting regime change in the Middle East, but not along the usual party lines.
US troops killed near Bagram, Taliban insurgency intensifies
A suicide attacker rammed an explosives-laden motorcycle into a joint NATO-Afghan patrol Monday, killing six American troops in the deadliest attack on international forces since August. Two U.S. troops and an Afghan were wounded.
Obama: Trump exploiting blue-collar fears in campaign
President Barack Obama, in a broadside against the leading Republican presidential candidate, says billionaire Donald Trump is “exploiting” the fears that working-class men in particular have about the economy and stagnant wages.
Prosecutor: No indictment in Bland jail death
A grand jury decided that neither sheriff’s officials nor jailers committed a crime in the treatment of a black woman who died in a Texas county jail last summer, but has not yet determined whether the state trooper who arrested her should face charges, a prosecutor said.
Sanders, Clinton move past rancor over voter data breach
Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton moved past the rancor over a breach of her campaign’s valuable voter data, shifting Saturday night’s debate into a pointed but polite discussion of national security, Americans’ heightened terrorism fears and the economy.
In budget deal, health law foes took a different path
Republican foes of President Barack Obama’s health care law may be able to get more by chipping away at it than trying to take the whole thing down at once.
New rules bringing kidneys to hardest-to-transplant patients
A shake-up of the nation’s kidney transplant system means more organs are getting to patients once thought nearly impossible to match, according to early tracking of the new rules.
Security is focus at churches, mosques amid heightened fears
In Alabama, a Presbyterian church wanted to be able to hire its own police for protection.
Trump’s mix of business, politics makes for unorthodox bid
It can be hard to see where Donald Trump the business ends and Donald Trump the presidential candidate begins.
Data breach jolts Democratic contest ahead of debate
After months of relative civility, the Democratic presidential candidates take the debate stage on Saturday night amid an outburst of hostilities surrounding accusations that Bernie Sanders’ campaign stole valuable voter information from front-runner Hillary Clinton.
In Virginia’s Bible Belt, an Arabic lesson ignites anger
With the nation already on edge after the attacks in California, a teacher’s lesson on Islam in Virginia’s Bible Belt sparked an angry meeting of outraged parents that mushroomed into a national denunciation of the educator in the form of thousands of angry emails and social media postings.
Exec who jacked up price of a lifesaving drug arrested
A boyish-looking entrepreneur who became the new face of corporate greed when he jacked up the price of a lifesaving drug fiftyfold was led away in handcuffs by the FBI on unrelated fraud charges Thursday in a scene that left more than a few Americans positively gleeful.
Effort to curb painkiller prescribing faces stiff opposition
WASHINGTON — A bold federal effort to curb prescribing of painkillers may be faltering amid stiff resistance from drugmakers, industry-funded groups and, now, even other
Buyer of guns used in Calif. massacre faces terrorism charge
The man who bought the assault rifles his friend used in the San Bernardino massacre was charged Thursday with a terrorism-related charge alleging he plotted earlier attacks at a college they attended and on a congested freeway.
AP Interview: Reid: Democrats ‘maybe’ to blame on gun bill losses
Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid said Thursday his party has tried everything to get gun control legislation through Congress and still keeps losing to the National Rifle Association.
AP-GfK Poll: Tough immigration plans not a must for GOPers
Retired postal clerk Jerry Wilson likes what he hears from GOP presidential hopefuls about overturning President Barack Obama’s executive order easing deportation policies against people in the U.S. illegally.
Putin praises Donald Trump as ‘bright and talented’
In Vladimir Putin’s view, Donald Trump is “bright and talented.” But as much as those words sound overtly like praise, there are some murky nuances.
Pope approves miracle for Mother Teresa’s canonization
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has signed off on the miracle needed to make Mother Teresa a saint, giving the nun who cared for the
Man to display ‘Festivus Pole’ at Oklahoma Capitol
A Florida man said Wednesday his plan has been approved to display in the Oklahoma Capitol rotunda a “Festivus Pole” based on a fictional holiday depicted in the popular 1990s sitcom “Seinfeld.”
Clinton says she wants to go beyond ‘Buffett rule’ on taxes
With billionaire investor Warren Buffett looking on, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said Wednesday she wants to raise taxes on the wealthy and expand upon the so-called “Buffett rule” pushed by the Obama administration to raise tax rates on the richest Americans.