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MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) - A Bahraini sheikh is going for simplicity and fan-appeal with headline pledges to transform a discredited FIFA: Relinquish much of the power Sepp Blatter built up over 17 years at FIFA and take no salary.
Sheikh Salman bin Ibr...
Published: Nov 16, 2015 at 07:00 AM
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Hillary Rodham Clinton has been on a hot streak since the first Democratic presidential debate last month. The main question heading into Saturday's second encounter: Can her two challengers slow down her Big Mo'?
National se...
Updated: Nov 14, 2015 at 02:31 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) - For months, Republican presidential candidates with dwindling bank accounts and negligible support in polls have been finding reasons to stay in the 2016 race.
Now, a few must weigh whether they can keep competing after being downg...
Updated: Nov 07, 2015 at 10:01 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) - For months, Republican presidential candidates with dwindling bank accounts and negligible support in polls have been finding reasons to stay in the 2016 race.
Now, a few must weigh whether they can keep competing after being downg...
Updated: Nov 06, 2015 at 03:01 PM
HOUSTON (AP) - Houston Mayor Annise Parker has rallied supporters of a defeated ordinance that would have established nondiscrimination protections for gay and transgender people in the city, telling them the fight isn't over.
The Houston Equal Righ...
Updated: Nov 05, 2015 at 05:43 AM
HOUSTON (AP) - An ordinance that would have established nondiscrimination protections for gay and transgender people in Houston failed to win approval from voters on Tuesday.
The Houston Equal Rights Ordinance was rejected after a nearly 18-month ba...
Updated: Nov 03, 2015 at 10:31 PM
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Former U.S. Senator Fred Thompson, a folksy Tennessee lawyer whose career led him from politics to Hollywood and back again, died Sunday. He was 73.
At 6-foot-6 with a booming voice, Thompson appeared in at least 20 motion pi...
Updated: Nov 01, 2015 at 10:05 PM
Pope Francis' historic visit to the United States provided a perfect backdrop to Holy Family Catholic
Academy's annual kNOw Hunger Campaign. Witnessing Pope Francis' servant leadership in ministering to the poor and marginalized was a powerful mes...
Updated: Nov 03, 2015 at 11:12 AM
WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Poland's upcoming general elections are making history by having three women campaigning to lead the nation, with one almost certain to win. But the appearance of major social change in this conservative nation may be slightly ...
Published: Oct 22, 2015 at 08:00 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican Rep. Paul Ryan is likely to become the next speaker of the House. He's already become an unlikely spokesman for balancing family life with work.
A reluctant candidate for the top leadership post, Ryan, 45, made clear thi...
Updated: Oct 23, 2015 at 06:45 AM