| 2 Americans held in North Korea whisked back home Posted: 08 Nov 2014 03:00 PM PST  Matthew Miller and Kenneth Bae are on their way back to the U.S.
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| U.S. airstrikes target Islamic State leaders in Iraq Posted: 08 Nov 2014 03:43 PM PST  BAGHDAD (AP) — The U.S.-led coalition conducted a series of airstrikes targeting a gathering of Islamic State leaders near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, a senior U.S. defense official said Saturday.
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| Nissan recalls 52,000 vehicles for faulty air bags Posted: 08 Nov 2014 01:27 PM PST  Nissan is recalling more than 52,000 vehicles for passenger air bags that can explode with too much force and send shards of metal into the passenger compartment.
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| Obama's attorney general pick is change of style, not substance Posted: 08 Nov 2014 11:05 AM PST  By Aruna Viswanatha and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Saturday picked Brooklyn federal prosecutor Loretta Lynch to be the next U.S. attorney general, signaling a change in style but a continuation of the law enforcement priorities the administration has pursued. If confirmed, Lynch, 55, would be the first black woman to serve in the post, bringing with her a family history that stretches back generations to great-great-grandparents who were slaves. ...
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| Two Americans freed by North Korea are on their way home Posted: 08 Nov 2014 03:47 PM PST  By Bill Trott and Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea freed two Americans from prison and they were returning to the United States on Saturday after the surprise involvement of the top-ranking U.S. intelligence official in their release. Kenneth Bae and Matthew Todd Miller, who had been doing hard labor for months in the reclusive country, were being accompanied home by Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, his office said. Their release comes less than three weeks after another American was freed by Pyongyang. ...
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| Power shift in U.S. Senate brings sterner tone to foreign policy debate Posted: 08 Nov 2014 07:11 AM PST  By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican takeover of the U.S. Senate will bring a tough new tone to the debate over Washington's foreign policy, with lawmakers expected use their new clout and power over the budget to promote a more interventionist foreign policy. While leaders of the Democratic-majority Senate mostly backed President Barack Obama's international goals, Republicans plan to pressure the White House to take a tougher line on Iran, Russia and Islamic State fighters in Iraq and Syria. ...
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| Big review set by Democrats after election losses Posted: 08 Nov 2014 01:35 PM PST  Democrats are planning an extensive review of what went wrong in the 2014 and 2010 elections, hoping to find ways to translate success in presidential campaigns into future midterm contests.
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| Joy of US missionary's family after North Korea release Posted: 08 Nov 2014 01:46 PM PST  The family of Kenneth Bae welcomed the US missionary's sudden release from North Korea on Saturday, expressing joy that the 42-year-old's two-year ordeal was over.
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| Things to know about new attorney general nominee Posted: 08 Nov 2014 11:26 AM PST  Loretta Lynch is President Barack Obama's pick to be the next attorney general. If confirmed, she would be the first black woman to hold the post.
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| Mexican meth increasingly supplanting at-home labs Posted: 08 Nov 2014 10:30 AM PST  The nation's Heartland is ridding itself of the scourge of homemade methamphetamine, with lab seizures down by nearly half in many high-meth states. Any celebration is muted: Meth use remains high, but people are increasingly turning to cheaper, imported Mexican meth rather than making their own.
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| Arizona's immigrant smuggling law struck down Posted: 08 Nov 2014 04:53 PM PST  A federal judge has struck down Arizona's 2005 immigrant smuggling law on the grounds that it's trumped by federal statutes.
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| Ebola volunteers wrestle with quarantine mandates Posted: 08 Nov 2014 06:28 AM PST  Dr. Robert Fuller didn't hesitate to go to Indonesia to treat survivors of the 2004 tsunami, to Haiti to help after the 2010 earthquake or to the Philippines after a devastating typhoon last year. But he's given up on going to West Africa to care for Ebola patients this winter.
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| Obama says Lynch will carry on equal justice Posted: 08 Nov 2014 12:03 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama introduced his choice for attorney general Saturday as an accomplished prosecutor from New York City who will carry on a "fierce commitment to equal justice."
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| Hard-line US cardinal loses another Vatican job Posted: 08 Nov 2014 08:07 AM PST  American Cardinal Raymond Burke, a fervent opponent of abortion and gay marriage, was removed by Pope Francis from another top Vatican post on Saturday.
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| Expanded U.S. role in Iraq? Not without Congress' OK Posted: 08 Nov 2014 01:12 AM PST  Members of Congress face a debate over President Obama's new $5.6 billion plan.
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| Foundation of U.S. nuclear system showing cracks Posted: 08 Nov 2014 05:15 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — The foundation of America's nuclear arsenal is fractured, and the government has no clear plan to repair it.
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| Teen wounded in Washington school shooting dies Posted: 07 Nov 2014 10:47 PM PST  SEATTLE (AP) — Another of the teenagers wounded in a Washington state high school shooting has died, raising to five the number of fatalities after a student opened fire in the cafeteria two weeks ago.
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| Jerusalem should be capital of two states: top EU diplomat Posted: 08 Nov 2014 08:17 AM PST  The European Union's top diplomat Federica Mogherini said on Saturday that Jerusalem "should be the capital of two states", as tensions gripped the holy city hit by Israeli-Palestinian violence. "I think Jerusalem can be and should be the capital of two states," Mogherini told reporters in the Israeli-occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, touching on a sensitive issue that has blocked peace efforts for decades. Her appeal, at a joint news conference with Palestinian prime minister Rami Hamdallah, came hours after the killing of an Arab-Israeli by police fanned tensions between Israel and the Palestinians. The shooting in northern Israel came after another night of clashes in east Jerusalem between youths hurling stones and firecrackers at police, who retaliated with rubber bullets, stun grenades and tear gas.
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