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100K protesters flood Brazilian streets in protest

100K protesters flood Brazilian streets in protest

In some of the biggest protests since the end of Brazil's 1964-85 dictatorship, demonstrations have spread across this continent-sized country and united people from all walks of life behind frustrations over poor transportation, health services, education and security despite a heavy tax burden. M

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NSA director says plot against Wall Street foiled

NSA director says plot against Wall Street foiled

The U.S. foiled a plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange because of the sweeping surveillance programs at the heart of a debate over national security and personal privacy, officials said Tuesday at a rare open hearing on intelligence led by lawmakers sympathetic to the spying. The House Intellig

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Egypt cuts relations with Syrian government

Egypt cuts relations with Syrian government

Egypt's Islamist president announced Saturday that he was cutting off diplomatic relations with Syria and closing Damascus' embassy in Cairo, decisions made amid growing calls from hard-line Sunni clerics in Egypt and elsewhere to launch a "holy war" against Syria's embattled regime. Mohammed Morsi

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Serena Williams comments on rape case in interview

Serena Williams comments on rape case in interview

Serena Williams says in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine that, while not blaming the victim in the Steubenville rape case, "she shouldn't have put herself in that position." The comment is made in one paragraph of a lengthy story posted online Tuesday about Williams, a 16-time Grand Slam tit

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AP IMPACT: Snowden's life surrounded by spycraft

AP IMPACT: Snowden's life surrounded by spycraft

In the suburbs edged by woods midway between Baltimore and the nation's capital, residents long joked that the government spy shop next door was so ultra-secretive its initials stood for "No Such Agency." But when Edward Snowden grew up here, the National Security Agency's looming presence was both

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Morris the cat runs for mayor of Mexican city

Morris the cat runs for mayor of Mexican city

This mayoral hopeful in Mexico promises to eat, sleep most of the day and donate his leftover litter to fill potholes. Morris, a black-and-white kitten with orange eyes, is running for mayor of Xalapa in eastern Mexico with the campaign slogan "Tired of Voting for Rats? Vote for a Cat." And he is a

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Shock lingers after Nazi unit leader found in US

Shock lingers after Nazi unit leader found in US

The revelation that a former commander of a Nazi SS-led military unit has lived quietly in Minneapolis for the past six decades came as a shock to those who know 94-year-old Michael Karkoc. World War II survivors in both the U.S. and Europe harshly condemned the news and prosecutors in Poland have

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Airborne laser reveals hidden city in Cambodia

Airborne laser reveals hidden city in Cambodia

Airborne laser technology has uncovered a network of roadways and canals, illustrating a bustling ancient city linking Cambodia's famed Angkor Wat temple complex. The discovery was announced late Monday in a peer-reviewed paper released early by the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sc

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Poll: Most men aspire to be dads

Poll: Most men aspire to be dads

A recent Associated Press-WE tv poll found more than 8 in 10 men said they have always wanted to be fathers or think they'd like to be one someday. Debates about the different ways women approach motherhood dominate news coverage about parenthood these days, with fathers' experiences often left unex

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Military plans would put women in most combat jobs

Military plans would put women in most combat jobs

Military leaders are ready to begin tearing down the remaining walls that have prevented women from holding thousands of combat and special operations jobs near the front lines. Under details of the plans obtained by The Associated Press, women could start training as Army Rangers by mid-2015 and a

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Argentine cash controls bring bargains, headaches

Argentine cash controls bring bargains, headaches

The Brazilian visitors gawk in wonder as they stroll past shop windows along touristy Florida street in the Argentine capital. The jackets, the shoes — they're all so cheap when your purse is stuffed with black-market money. Visitors who turn to the streets rather than the banks to swap their dol

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North Korea changes tack and tells US: Let's talk

North Korea changes tack and tells US: Let's talk

After months of threatening to wage a nuclear war, North Korea did an about-face Sunday and issued a surprise proposal to the United States, its No. 1 enemy: Let's talk. But the invitation from North Korea's National Defense Commission, the powerful governing body led by leader Kim Jong Un, comes w

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Assange works to be healthy in embassy

Assange works to be healthy in embassy

Whistleblower Julian Assange has a confession to make - he doesn't read emails anymore.The 41-year-old insists he works 17 hours a day inside the Ecuadorean embassy in London on his WikiLeaks website, various court cases and his new Australian political party.But he's doing it all without the aid of

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Fire near downtown Indy forces evacuations

Fire near downtown Indy forces evacuations

A fire engulfed a sprawling mixed-use building near downtown Indianapolis filled with tires and wooden pallets Saturday, producing a towering pillar of black smoke that prompted the evacuation of a five-block area surrounding the structure, authorities said. Capt. Rita Burris of the Indianapolis Fi

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Officials: NSA programs broke plots in 20 nations

Officials: NSA programs broke plots in 20 nations

Top U.S. intelligence officials said Saturday that information gleaned from two controversial data-collection programs run by the National Security Agency thwarted potential terrorist plots in the U.S. and more than 20 other countries — and that gathered data is destroyed every five years. Last y

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White House: US respects Iran election results

White House: US respects Iran election results

Offering praise for Iranians and reproaching their government, the Obama administration said Saturday it respected the results of a presidential election conducted under restrictive conditions. Shortly after moderate cleric Hasan Rowhani was declared the winner, White House spokesman Jay Carney sai

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Australia books World Cup berth with win over Iraq

Australia books World Cup berth with win over Iraq

Australia qualified for the 2014 World Cup by beating Iraq 1-0 on Tuesday, with Josh Kennedy heading home the winner in the 83rd minute to reward a bold substitution by coach Holger Osieck. Osieck made the surprising decision to take off veteran Tim Cahill and replace him with Kennedy, and the deci

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Chrysler agrees to recall of Jeeps at risk of fire

Chrysler agrees to recall of Jeeps at risk of fire

After initially defying federal regulators, Chrysler abruptly agreed Tuesday to recall some older-model Jeeps with fuel tanks that could rupture and cause fires in rear-end collisions. But the recall, which came in an 11th-hour deal between the automaker and the National Highway Traffic Safety Admi

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Chrysler decides to go along with government request to recall 2.7 million older model Jeeps.

Chrysler decides to go along with government request to recall 2.7 million older model Jeeps.

Chrysler decides to go along with government request to recall 2.7 million older model Jeeps. .

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Treasury unveils Lew's improved signature

Treasury unveils Lew's improved signature

Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew won't win any prizes in penmanship, but his official signature which will go on the nation's currency is at least a slight improvement over the loopy scrawl he had a few months ago. The Treasury Department unveiled the new signature on Tuesday. It takes the Bureau of En

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