Tag: Associated Press

Tom Ptacek sits in his office where he works as an advocate for homeless people in Portland, Maine. Ptacek, a U.S. Navy veteran, is among thousands of Mainers who stand to lose state health care coverage at the end of the year because of changes to the stateâs program and the decision not to expand coverage under the federal health care overhaul. (AP/Clarke Canfield)

Thousands of Mainers set to lose Medicaid coverage

Alanna Durkin · August 5, 2013 4:00 am

Fast-food worker Michelle Osborn, 23, of Flint shouts out chants as she and a few dozen others strike outside of McDonald's on Wednesday, July 31, 2013 in Flint. (AP/Jake May)

Will fast-food protests spur higher minimum wage?

Sharon Cohen · August 5, 2013 4:00 am

Edward Snowden has left Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport and entered Russia his lawyer said on Thursday Aug. 1, 2013. (AP/The Guardian, Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras)

Lawyer: Edward Snowden has left Moscow airport, entered Russia

Associated Press · August 1, 2013 4:00 am

VCU gets grant for senior health care program

The Associated Press · July 30, 2013 4:00 am

Anthony Weiner and his wife Huma Abedin pose for photographs in 2011. (AP/Charles Dharapak)

Anthony Weiner admits to more lewd photos

Jonathan Lemire · July 23, 2013 4:00 am

VIDEO: Tensions rise as US officials visit Egypt

Washington Examiner · July 15, 2013 4:00 am

Red Alert Politics

Colorado judge allows ban on high-capacity magazines to proceed

Gabriella Morrongiello · July 12, 2013 1:03 pm

Supporters of Egypt's Islamist President Mohamed Morsi chant slogans during a rally, in Nasser City, Cairo, Egypt, on Thursday. (AP/Hassan Ammar)

US touts democracy as Egyptian military takes over

Josh Lederman · July 5, 2013 4:00 am

On Wednesday, June 3, 2013, the family of Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo., said searchers looking for his brother, James "Randy" Udall, in western Wyoming's Wind River Range have found his body. (AP/Sublette County Sheriff)

Teams looking for Sen. Mark Udall’s brother find body

Associated Press · July 5, 2013 4:00 am

Demonstrators hold flags and chant in front of the Supreme Court in Washington on the second day of gay marriage cases before the court in March. (AP/Jose Luis Magana)

Court’s same-sex ruling has employers tweaking benefits

Sam Hananel · July 5, 2013 4:00 am

Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska, first won his seat in 2008 with an election victory over Republican Ted Stevens. (AP/Becky Bohrer)

Mark Begich’s reelection push may benefit from GOP woes

Becky Bohrer · July 5, 2013 4:00 am

Red Alert Politics

5 ways to ensure freedom of the press according to the AP’s Gary Pruitt

James Hemphill · June 19, 2013 9:19 pm