Tag: Associated Press

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who faces a potential death penalty, is fighting to get access to investigative records that implicate his dead older brother in a triple slaying in 2011. (AP/FBI)

National Security

Boston Marathon suspect may pin blame on brother

Associated Press · October 23, 2013 4:00 am

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has worked hard to contain the damage to U.S.-German relations and refrained from saying anything bad about the Americans in the wake of NSA scandals. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

National Security

In NSA spying scandal, outrage but calculation too

JohnThor Dahlburg · October 23, 2013 4:00 am

Starting Jan. 2, Nevada officials will begin accepting applications and issuing driver authorization cards to residents who can't prove their identity to qualify for a standard driver's license.

Nevada DMV launches Web link for driver cards

Associated Press · October 23, 2013 4:00 am

New York's health insurance marketplace reported Wednesday having received 174,000 completed applications for new coverage starting next year, accounting for a large share of initial signups nationally under the Affordable Care Act.ÃÂ Without national enrollment figures, it's unclear whether the program is on track to reach the 7 million people projected to gain coverage during the six-month signup period. (Photo: Thinkstock)

New York says 174,000 have applied in health marketplace

Associated Press · October 23, 2013 4:00 am

Bay Area Rapid Transit passengers enter a BART station Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013, in Oakland, Calif. A contentious, on-again, off-again Bay Area transit strike infuriated hundreds of thousands of commuters forced to wait hours for overcrowded buses and ferries and brought grave questions when two workers were killed. The labor clash now appears to be heading toward resolution, but unions now face calls to ban transit strikes, and political leaders are struggling to assure communities they wonÃ?t be economically and socially jeopardized again by union disputes. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Labor clash over San Francisco’s BART transit system resolved after deadly accident

Associated Press · October 23, 2013 4:00 am

A new poll says Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, left, has a 50 percent approval rating among voters in the state -- similar to the 48 percent approval rating President Obama has there. (AP File)

Obama, Scott Walker have similar Wisconsin approval ratings

Associated Press · October 23, 2013 4:00 am

An Air Force missile crew commander stands at the door of his launch capsule 100 feet underground where he and his partner are responsible for 10 nuclear-armed ICBM's in north-central Colorado. (AP/Eric Draper)

National Security

Nuclear officers napped with blast door left open

Robert Burns · October 23, 2013 4:00 am

Republican gubernatorial candidate, Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, center, gestures during a press conference at the Capitol in Richmond, Va., on Tuesday. (AP/Steve Helber)

In Virginia and New Jersey, a tale of 2 Republican parties

Associated Press · October 23, 2013 4:00 am

Mark Pryor criticizes Tom Cotton over shutdown in new ad

Associated Press · October 23, 2013 4:00 am

Martha LaningÃÂ says she plans to challenge Republican state Sen. Joe Leibham for the Senate's 9th District seat next year. (Thinkstock Image)

Political newcomer to challenge Wisconsin state senator

Associated Press · October 23, 2013 4:00 am

Some insurance brokers are worried that their profession is being threatened amid the rollout of Obamacare. (Thinkstock)

Insurance brokers frustrated with health care law

Associated Press · October 23, 2013 4:00 am

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H. (Allison Shelley/Getty Images)

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen asks for extension for enrollment for Obamacare

Associated Press · October 23, 2013 4:00 am