Hillary Clinton announces presidential campaign
Hillary Rodham Clinton’s team confirms one of the worst-kept secrets in politics.
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Clinton's campaign to target middle class
Before the kickoff of her 2016 run, two advisers shed light on the message.
Obama and Castro hold historic meeting
President Barack Obama and Cuba’s Raul Castro sat down together Saturday in the first formal meeting of the two country’s leaders in a half-century, pledging to reach for the kind of peaceful relationship that has eluded their nations for generations.
Pope calls Armenian slaughter '1st genocide of 20th century'
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday called the slaughter of Armenians by Ottoman Turks “the first genocide of the 20th century” and urged the international community to recognize it as such, sparking a diplomatic rift with Turkey.
Mourners gather to remember black South Carolina man shot by police
By Harriet McLeod SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (Reuters) – Hundreds of mourners gathered on Saturday morning at a South Carolina chapel to remember Walter Scott, an African-American father of four who was shot in the back last week while running from a white patrolman. Michael Slager, the North Charleston officer who fired eight times at the man’s back as he fled from a traffic stop, has been charged with murder. Under cloudy
Anticipation builds for Obama-Castro meeting in Panama
PANAMA CITY (AP) — Generations of isolation between the U.S. and Cuba were poised to fade away Saturday as their presidents prepare to sit down together for the first time since the height of the Cold War.
The mystery moneymen behind Ted Cruz’s super-PACs
A Texas billionaire who moved his residence to Puerto Rico after its island government carved out a lucrative new tax haven for wealthy U.S. investors is a prime fundraiser for a network of super-PACs backing Texas Sen. Ted Cruz for president, according to sources close to Cruz’s campaign.
Crowd arrives for Walter Scott's funeral in SC
SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (AP) — A crowd has gathered in Summerville, South Carolina for the funeral of Walter Scott — the black driver who was fatally shot by a North Charleston police officer after fleeing a traffic stop.
Officials release video of Boston cop shooting
By Elizabeth Barber BOSTON (Reuters) – Massachusetts officials on Friday released video footage showing the near-fatal shooting of a Boston police officer last month by a man who was subsequently shot dead by other officers. “It is in everyone’s best interest to share (this) information as soon as possible in order to tamp down speculation and rumors meant to inflame and not inform,” Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said
Californian sheriff suspends 10 officers over beating of horseman
By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A Californian sheriff has suspended 10 officers involved in the videotaped beating of a suspect who appeared to have surrendered and was lying on the ground after making a failed getaway attempt on horseback. John McMahon, sheriff of San Bernardino County, said at a news conference on Friday he was “disturbed and troubled” by what he saw in the footage, shot from a