Susan G. Komen for the Cure has long been under pressure

As a minority women's health activist, Eve Sanchez Silver was proud of her work with Susan G. Komen for the Cure. The organization had...

For GOP candidates in Nevada, stumping is a high-stakes gamble

For GOP candidates in Nevada, stumping is a high-stakes gamble

This is not a place of farmhouses, mom-and-pop diners, chitchats with voters over apple pie. This is a place of neon signs, abandoned homes,...

Democratic nonprofits send funds to 'super PACs'

Democratic nonprofits send funds to 'super PACs'

President Obama's first campaign ad of 2012 decried "secretive billionaires attacking" him through conservative nonprofit groups that do not...

Catholics plan counterattack on new contraception coverage

The Catholic Church reacted strongly Friday to a White House defense of new rules that will force many religious employers to provide...

Buoyant Mitt Romney targets President Obama

Buoyant Mitt Romney targets President Obama

As he campaigned around the state the day before Nevadans cast their votes in the Republican presidential nominating contest, Mitt Romney...

In Syria, attacks continue as 1982 massacre victims are honored

 

Name-calling feud escalates between Hong Kong and mainland China

 

Egypt protesters battle police in Cairo streets, Tahrir Square

 

Russians in provinces support Vladimir Putin but not his party

Russians in provinces support Vladimir Putin but not his party

With his stocky frame, broad face, blue overalls and red helmet, Andrei Smirnov looks as though he just stepped from a Soviet-style postcard...

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