WASHINGTON President Barack Obama and his legislative allies scrambled Monday for ways to revive his severely wounded trade agenda, although Democrats and Republicans alike said all options face serious hurdles. Obama talked with House Speaker John Boehner, ROhio. And White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough spoke with Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the House Democratic leader […]

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say five people are dead and eight others injured in a balcony collapse in Berkeley Officer Jennifer Coats of the Berkeley Police Department says many of the injured have critical, lifethreatening wounds. She says police received the call about the incident shortly before 1 a.m. PDT today. Arriving officers found […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — With a presidential field approaching 20 high-profile Republicans, the GOP’s 2016 class offers voters a little bit of everything. There is the top-tier, a group that includes former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, who formally launched his candidacy on Monday. There are the single-issue candidates such as South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, who […]

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — The mental health professional with the most access to James Holmes’ mind before he carried out his deadly attack on a Colorado movie theater is expected to testify in his death penalty trial on Tuesday. Dr. Lynne Fenton saw Holmes five times in 2012 while he was a neuroscience graduate student […]

CAIRO (AP) — A U.S. airstrike has killed Al-Qaida’s No. 2 leader, who commanded its powerful Yemeni affiliate, dealing the global network its biggest blow since the killing of Osama bin Laden and eliminating a charismatic leader at a time when it is vying with the Islamic State group for the mantle of global jihad. […]

BEIRUT (AP) — Kurdish fighters took full control on Tuesday of the border town of Tal Abyad, dealing a major blow to the Islamic State group’s ability to wage war in Syria. Haqi Kobane told The Associated Press that Kurdish units known as the YPG along with their allies from the Free Syrian Army were […]

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — War-torn Afghanistan may soon have a defense minister, nine months after the new government was formed and amid some of the toughest fighting since the Talban’s insurgency began 14 years ago. Masoom Stanekzai is better known as a peacemaker than a battlefield strategist, having led the High Peace Council negotiating body […]