| Obama tells leaders to follow Mandela's example Posted: 29 Jun 2013 07:52 AM PDT  President Barack Obama on Saturday encouraged leaders in Africa and around the world to follow former South African President Nelson Mandela's example of country before self, as the U.S. president prepared to pay personal respects to relatives who have been gathered around the critically ill anti-apartheid icon.
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| Scorching heat bakes Western states Posted: 29 Jun 2013 03:58 AM PDT  Dan Kail was vacationing in Las Vegas when he heard that the temperature at Death Valley could approach 130 degrees this weekend.
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| Gay marriage: Hodgepodge lies ahead for states Posted: 28 Jun 2013 04:14 PM PDT  Across the country, this week's landmark Supreme Court rulings on same-sex marriage have energized activists and politicians on both sides of the debate. Efforts to impose bans — and to repeal them — have taken on new intensity, as have lawsuits by gays demanding the right to marry.
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| Mandela: A hard act to follow for South Africans Posted: 29 Jun 2013 06:14 AM PDT  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — In November, just before Nelson Mandela's health began a long downward spiral, the leader of a project to build a children's hospital named after the former president briefed him on efforts to raise construction funds. Mandela, 94 years old and infirm, was exasperated by the delays. Then the reflexes of the world statesman took over.
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| Egypt group: 22 million signatures against Morsi Posted: 29 Jun 2013 10:20 AM PDT  CAIRO (AP) — More than 22 million Egyptians have signed a petition calling for the country's Islamist president to step down, the youth group leading the signature campaign said Saturday on the eve of mass protests aimed at forcing Mohammed Morsi from office.
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| In South Africa, Obama pays tribute to ill Mandela Posted: 29 Jun 2013 10:27 AM PDT  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Paying tribute to his personal hero, President Barack Obama met privately Saturday with Nelson Mandela's family as the world anxiously awaited news on the condition of the ailing 94-year-old anti-apartheid leader.
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| Susan Rice: Snowden leaks haven't weakened Obama Posted: 28 Jun 2013 11:11 PM PDT  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice dismissed claims that Edward Snowden's highly classified leaks have weakened the Obama presidency and damaged U.S. foreign policy, insisting that the United States will remain "the most influential, powerful and important country in the world."
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| First week of testimony in Martin case wraps up Posted: 29 Jun 2013 09:04 AM PDT  SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — The first week of George Zimmerman's second-degree murder trial wrapped up with testimony from two neighbors and a police officer that seemed to bolster the defense's argument that he was pinned on his back by Trayvon Martin before shooting the teen.
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| Jackson son's testimony dominates trial's 9th week Posted: 29 Jun 2013 08:37 AM PDT  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A look at key moments this past week in the wrongful death trial in Los Angeles between Michael Jackson's mother, Katherine Jackson, and concert giant AEG Live LLC, and what is expected at court in the week ahead:
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| AP PHOTOS: Images of the western US heat wave Posted: 29 Jun 2013 03:05 AM PDT  A heat wave across the western U.S. was so punishing that rangers took up positions at trailheads at Lake Mead in Nevada to persuade people not to hike. Zookeepers in Phoenix hosed down the elephants and fed tigers frozen fish snacks. Dogs were at risk of burning their paws on scorched pavement, and airlines kept close watch on the heat for fear that it could cause flights to be delayed.
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| Obama says climate change is make-or-break issue Posted: 29 Jun 2013 09:10 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is trying to frame climate change as a make-or-break political issue, urging Americans to vote only for those who will protect the country from environmental harm.
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| Status of the states on same-sex marriage Posted: 28 Jun 2013 05:49 PM PDT  The Supreme Court issued a pair of decisions this week with major consequences for efforts to legalize or bar same-sex marriage. One ruling opened the way for California to become the 13th state to allow gay marriage; the other struck down part of the federal Defense of Marriage Act and directed the government to recognize legally married same-sex couples.
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| Obama: Make climate change a must for your vote Posted: 29 Jun 2013 03:58 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is urging Americans to make climate change a political litmus test, asking them to declare they won't vote for any politicians who don't protect future generations from environmental devastation. |
| First week of testimony in Trayvon case wraps up Posted: 29 Jun 2013 12:26 AM PDT SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — The first week of George Zimmerman's second-degree murder trial wrapped up with testimony from two neighbors and a police officer that seemed to bolster the defense's argument that he was pinned on his back by Trayvon Martin before shooting the teen. |
