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GOP: No appeal on Florida congressional map ruling

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Republicans who control Florida’s Legislature said Tuesday that they will not appeal a landmark ruling that found that the state’s map…

Journalist, activist detained by US Border Patrol

McALLEN, Texas (AP) — Prominent immigration activist and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas, who has lived and worked in the U.S. without legal documentation…

Study: US Alzheimer’s rate seems to be dropping

The rate of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias is falling in the United States and some other rich countries — good news about an epidemic…

Obama on Fourth: Rights, equality fuel US success

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says the U.S. has only succeeded because generations of Americans have fought to expand rights and opportunity to more…

Boy’s death draws attention to immigration perils

EDINBURG, Texas (AP) — When authorities found the body of an 11-year-old boy in South Texas, a phone number for his brother in Chicago was…

Obama: I’ll act on my own on immigration

WASHINGTON (AP) — In the face of an unyielding Congress, President Barack Obama said Monday he will no longer wait for Republicans to act on…

Despite the grousing, voters rarely ‘throw the bums out’

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is wildly unpopular. In fact, two-thirds of Americans want their own House member booted. And the tea party is dogging longtime…

Faith offers valuable connection for Southern Dems

ATLANTA (AP) — Jason Carter, former President Jimmy Carter’s grandson, stepped into the pulpit of South Columbus United Methodist Church for a Palm Sunday sermon…

Racial politics churn Miss. GOP Senate runoff

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Race is roiling the Republican Senate runoff in Mississippi, a state with a long history of racially divided politics where the…

Top NY prosecutor confronts criticism from India

NEW YORK (AP) — After years of silence on the issue, India-born U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara has begun to open up about the cultural scorn…

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