Tag: Nation

IMF: World economy is stronger but faces threats

Christopher Rugaber · April 8, 2014 1:01 pm

Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, left, and Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., leave the chamber during the vote on restoring jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed, legislation that expired late last year, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, April 7, 2014. With their 17-day spring break beckoning at the end of the week, House and Senate lawmakers will have to scramble to reach agreement. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Unemployment benefits bill headed to House

David Espo · April 8, 2014 12:03 pm

FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013, file photo, Capitol Hill police officers look at a car following a car chase and shooting on Capitol Hill in Washington. Miriam Carey was shot to death after the chase that went from the White House to near the Capitol. The attorney for Carey's family says her autopsy finds that she was shot multiple times from behind, including a shot to the back of the head. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Lawyer: Autopsy shows woman shot 5 times

Will Lester · April 8, 2014 11:53 am

Senate OKs visa denial after Iran ambassador pick

Donna Cassata · April 8, 2014 7:53 am

FILE - This 2011 file photo provided by Dr. Barry Weiss, from the website of Advanced Periodontics in Hamden, Conn., shows former employee Miriam Carey. Carey was shot to death after a car chase in October 2013 that went from the White House to near the U.S. Capitol. The attorney for Carey's family says her autopsy finds that she was shot multiple times from behind, including a shot to the back of the head. (AP Photo/Advanced Periodontics, File)

Report: Autopsy shows Miriam Carey shot 5 times

Will Lester · April 8, 2014 5:46 am

FILE - This Jan. 8, 2014 file photo shows singer Chris Brown arriving at the District of Columbia Superior Court in Washington. Lawyers for Brown are headed back to court in Washington, but the Grammy winner won't be there. Brown's trial on a misdemeanor assault charge is currently set for April 17. On Monday, his lawyers and a government prosecutor will be in court for a motions hearing. Brown's lawyers have asked a judge to dismiss the case, saying prosecutors misused the grand jury process to prepare for trial. They also want certain statements Brown made suppressed. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Judge rejects request to dismiss Chris Brown case

Jessica Gresko · April 8, 2014 1:17 am

Angered by Iran pick, Senate OKs denying visas

Donna Cassata · April 7, 2014 11:21 pm

House committee: Possible crimes by IRS official

Stephen Ohlemacher · April 7, 2014 11:18 pm

In blind test, soloists like new violins over old

Seth Borenstein · April 7, 2014 11:11 pm

Cochran runs ads against ‘powerful interests’

Philip Elliott · April 7, 2014 10:28 pm

FILE - In this April 4, 2011, file photo dissident lawyer Cu Huy Ha Vu is escorted by police out of a courtroom after being convicted of spreading propaganda against the state and sentenced to seven years in prison and three years of house arrest at the one-day trial in Hanoi, Vietnam. Vu, a prominent Vietnamese dissident whose father was an associate of the nation's founding president Ho Chi Minh, arrived in the U.S. Monday, April 7, 2014, after being released from prison by Vietnam, the State Department said.. (AP Photo/Vietnam News Agency, Thong Nhat, File) NO SALES

Vietnam dissident released, arrives in US

Matthew Pennington · April 7, 2014 10:25 pm

Senate passes legislation to renew long-term unemployment benefits; House action uncertain

Washington Examiner · April 7, 2014 10:20 pm