The man Pope Francis should meet in Washington

The man Pope Francis should meet in Washington
VW CEO says he's 'endlessly sorry' for tarnishing brand
Petraeus apologizes for giving classified info to mistress
Obama, in prison documentary: U.S. legal system has been 'unjust'
Senate to sidestep abortion fight in funding bill
Exclusive: Americans overpaying hugely for cancer drugs - academic study
Security for pope's visit is ‘unprecedented,’ says FBI
Carson won’t back down from Muslim comments
Scott Walker drops out of 2016 race
Clinton says she won't let GOP 'tear up' health care law
U.S. expands VW pollution-skirting probe to other carmakers
Plan to admit more refugees faces stiff opposition in Congress

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John Wojnowski has protested outside the Vatican Embassy in Washington for 17 years.

VW CEO says he's 'endlessly sorry' for tarnishing brand

Posted: 22 Sep 2015 09:47 AM PDT

BERLIN (AP) — Volkswagen AG's emissions scandal crisis escalated Tuesday as the company issued a profit warning, set aside billions to cover the fallout and saw its shares take another battering. The CEO of the world's top-selling carmaker declared he was "endlessly sorry" that the company had squandered worldwide trust in its brand.

Petraeus apologizes for giving classified info to mistress

Posted: 22 Sep 2015 08:06 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Retired Army Gen. David Petraeus apologized to Congress on Tuesday for sharing classified information with his biographer and mistress, Paula Broadwell. It was his first public testimony before lawmakers since resigning as CIA director.

Obama, in prison documentary: U.S. legal system has been 'unjust'

Posted: 22 Sep 2015 06:06 AM PDT

The United States has too long ignored the effect of high incarceration rates on minority and poor communities, U.S. President Barack Obama said in a TV documentary featuring an unprecedented presidential visit to a prison. "They then get involved in the criminal justice system, and it just churns, and everybody thinks that's normal," the president told the nonviolent drug offenders at the medium-security El Reno federal prison in Oklahoma. Obama has made criminal justice reform a top priority of his final years in office and beyond.

Senate to sidestep abortion fight in funding bill

Posted: 22 Sep 2015 09:28 AM PDT

Republican leaders in the U.S. Senate, hoping to avert an Oct. 1 government shutdown when federal funding runs out at the end of the current fiscal year, are likely to advance a stop-gap spending bill that abandons attempts to halt funding for Planned Parenthood, Senator John Cornyn said on Tuesday. "Given the president's opposition and Democrats' opposition, at some point I anticipate there will be a clean CR," Cornyn, the second-ranking Republican, told reporters, referring to the temporary government funding bill known as a "continuing resolution." He said he did not know whether the House of Representatives would embrace such a bill, however.

Exclusive: Americans overpaying hugely for cancer drugs - academic study

Posted: 22 Sep 2015 09:43 AM PDT

Americans are paying way over the odds for some modern cancer drugs, with pharmaceutical companies charging up to 600 times what the medicines cost to make, according to an independent academic study. The United States also pays more than double the price charged in Europe for these drugs - so-called tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs), a potent class of cancer pills with fewer side effects than chemotherapy. The analysis by pharmacologist Andrew Hill of Britain's University of Liverpool, who will present his findings at the Sept. 25-29 European Cancer Congress in Vienna, is likely to fuel a growing storm over U.S. drug costs.

Security for pope's visit is ‘unprecedented,’ says FBI

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The historic visit will produce one of the biggest security operations in U.S. history.

Carson won’t back down from Muslim comments

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The GOP presidential hopeful says a commander in chief should be "sworn in on a stack of Bibles, not a Koran."

Scott Walker drops out of 2016 race

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The Wisconsin governor becomes the second GOP candidate to leave the crowded field...

Clinton says she won't let GOP 'tear up' health care law

Posted: 21 Sep 2015 04:48 PM PDT

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday hailed President Barack Obama's health care law for reducing the rate of uninsured Americans and vowed to defend it against Republican opposition if she wins the White House.

U.S. expands VW pollution-skirting probe to other carmakers

Posted: 21 Sep 2015 01:06 PM PDT

The US government has expanded its investigation of pollution-skirting devices in diesel vehicles to other manufacturers after Volkswagen admitted it used them to thwart US environmental standards. The Environmental Protection Agency said Monday that it will screen for so-called "defeat devices" in diesel vehicles on the road that are produced by other manufacturers. The California Air Resources Board is a partner in the investigation, an EPA spokesperson said in an email to AFP.

Plan to admit more refugees faces stiff opposition in Congress

Posted: 21 Sep 2015 04:14 PM PDT

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House plans to allow thousands more refugees into the United States face stiff opposition on Monday in the U.S. Congress, where Republican lawmakers demanded the right to review, and reject, the effort, citing fears of terrorism. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday announced an increase of 15,000 per year for the next two years in the number of refugees the country takes in. Under current law, Congress does not have to approve the Democratic administration's plan.