At a time when America’s image is facing immense challenge, forcing President Barack Obama to embark on a tour of goodwill and renewing ties with various nations, the next director of the Peace Corps will have a lot of ground to cover as well.
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Tuesday that a nuclear-armed North Korea poses a "grave threat" to the world and vowed to end a cycle of allowing Pyongyang to create a crisis and then be rewarded with incentives to back down.
JACKSON, Miss. — The Biloxi City Council was set to vote Tuesday on setting a deadline for 41 households to move out of trailers FEMA supplied after Hurricane Katrina, despite opposition from human rights organizations and the ACLU.
NEW YORK — A national advocacy group says the number of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people killed in bias-motivated incidents increased by 28 percent in 2008 compared to 2007.
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles police say eight officers suffered minor injuries during downtown disturbances that erupted amid street celebrations of the Lakers' NBA championship victory over the Orlando Magic.
DETROIT — Ford Motor Co. Executive Chairman Bill Ford says the worst economic crisis in decades has been a wake-up call to the nation that its industrial base is eroding and should be rebuilt.
