| Mexican meth increasingly supplanting at-home labs Posted: 08 Nov 2014 10:30 AM PST  The nation's Heartland is ridding itself of the scourge of homemade methamphetamine, with lab seizures down by nearly half in many high-meth states. Any celebration is muted: Meth use remains high, but people are increasingly turning to cheaper, imported Mexican meth rather than making their own.
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| Obama picks Loretta Lynch to be next U.S. attorney general Posted: 08 Nov 2014 11:05 AM PST  President Barack Obama on Saturday picked Brooklyn federal prosecutor Loretta Lynch to be the next U.S. attorney general who, if confirmed by the Senate, would be the first black woman in the job.
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| Arizona's immigrant smuggling law struck down Posted: 08 Nov 2014 08:36 AM PST  A federal judge has struck down Arizona's 2005 immigrant smuggling law on the grounds that it's trumped by federal statutes.
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| U.S. says North Korea releases 2 detained Americans Posted: 08 Nov 2014 09:17 AM PST  U.S. intelligence officials say two American citizens are on their way home from North Korea after their release from prison there.
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| Ebola volunteers wrestle with quarantine mandates Posted: 08 Nov 2014 06:28 AM PST  Dr. Robert Fuller didn't hesitate to go to Indonesia to treat survivors of the 2004 tsunami, to Haiti to help after the 2010 earthquake or to the Philippines after a devastating typhoon last year. But he's given up on going to West Africa to care for Ebola patients this winter.
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| Obama says Lynch will carry on equal justice Posted: 08 Nov 2014 09:45 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama introduced his choice for attorney general Saturday as an accomplished prosecutor from New York City who will carry on a "fierce commitment to equal justice."
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| Hard-line US cardinal loses another Vatican job Posted: 08 Nov 2014 08:07 AM PST  American Cardinal Raymond Burke, a fervent opponent of abortion and gay marriage, was removed by Pope Francis from another top Vatican post on Saturday.
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| Expanded U.S. role in Iraq? Not without Congress' OK Posted: 08 Nov 2014 01:12 AM PST  Members of Congress face a debate over President Obama's new $5.6 billion plan.
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| Foundation of U.S. nuclear system showing cracks Posted: 08 Nov 2014 05:15 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — The foundation of America's nuclear arsenal is fractured, and the government has no clear plan to repair it.
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| Two Americans freed by North Korea, returning home: U.S. officials Posted: 08 Nov 2014 09:23 AM PST  By Bill Trott WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea has freed two U.S. citizens, Kenneth Bae and Matthew Todd Miller, who are returning home after spending months in detention in the secretive Asian state, the U.S. government said on Saturday. Bae and Miller were being accompanied back to the United States by James Clapper, the director of national intelligence, his office said. Their release comes less than three weeks after another American was freed by Pyongyang. ...
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| Power shift in U.S. Senate brings sterner tone to foreign policy debate Posted: 08 Nov 2014 07:11 AM PST  By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican takeover of the U.S. Senate will bring a tough new tone to the debate over Washington's foreign policy, with lawmakers expected use their new clout and power over the budget to promote a more interventionist foreign policy. While leaders of the Democratic-majority Senate mostly backed President Barack Obama's international goals, Republicans plan to pressure the White House to take a tougher line on Iran, Russia and Islamic State fighters in Iraq and Syria. ...
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| Teen wounded in Washington school shooting dies Posted: 07 Nov 2014 10:47 PM PST  SEATTLE (AP) — Another of the teenagers wounded in a Washington state high school shooting has died, raising to five the number of fatalities after a student opened fire in the cafeteria two weeks ago.
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| Jerusalem should be capital of two states: top EU diplomat Posted: 08 Nov 2014 08:17 AM PST  The European Union's top diplomat Federica Mogherini said on Saturday that Jerusalem "should be the capital of two states", as tensions gripped the holy city hit by Israeli-Palestinian violence. "I think Jerusalem can be and should be the capital of two states," Mogherini told reporters in the Israeli-occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, touching on a sensitive issue that has blocked peace efforts for decades. Her appeal, at a joint news conference with Palestinian prime minister Rami Hamdallah, came hours after the killing of an Arab-Israeli by police fanned tensions between Israel and the Palestinians. The shooting in northern Israel came after another night of clashes in east Jerusalem between youths hurling stones and firecrackers at police, who retaliated with rubber bullets, stun grenades and tear gas.
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| Mexico: Burned remains probably are 43 missing Posted: 07 Nov 2014 05:42 PM PST MEXICO CITY (AP) — Suspects in the disappearance of 43 college students have confessed to loading the youths onto dump trucks, murdering them at a landfill, then burning the bodies and dumping the ashen remains into a river, Mexican authorities said Friday. |
| Obama chooses NY prosecutor as attorney general Posted: 07 Nov 2014 05:50 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — In a second trail-blazing pick for the nation's top law enforcement officer, President Barack Obama intends to nominate a federal prosecutor in New York to become the next attorney general and the first black woman to lead the Justice Department.
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| Obama doubles U.S. troop levels in Iraq Posted: 07 Nov 2014 01:27 PM PST The U.S. military will send 1,500 more soldiers to train and assist Kurdish forces. |
| Supreme Court to hear Obamacare subsidies case Posted: 07 Nov 2014 01:43 PM PST  By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear a legal challenge to a key part of the Obamacare health law which, if successful, would deprive millions of Americans of tax-credit subsidies to help them afford health insurance coverage. In a one-sentence order, the court said it would take up a case brought by conservative challengers of the law, the most sweeping overhaul of U.S. healthcare in decades and President Barack Obama's signature domestic policy accomplishment. ...
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