| Rubio announces 2016 run Posted: 13 Apr 2015 03:29 PM PDT  The conservative 43-year-old first-term lawmaker, son to poor immigrants from Cuba, presented the 2016 presidential election as "a generational choice" -- a clear jab at his more senior rivals, notably the newly-announced Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton and his fellow Republican and potential adversary Jeb Bush.
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| The Rubio record: From tea party hero to immigration reformer and beyond Posted:  Rubio's stint as conservative icon is now less a defining feature of his career than it is a discordant footnote to his political story.
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| Killer Jodi Arias gets life term with no chance for release Posted: 13 Apr 2015 04:27 PM PDT  A judge sentenced convicted murderer Jodi Arias to life in prison without the possibility of release on Monday, ending a nearly seven-year-old case that attracted worldwide attention with its salacious details.
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| Marco Rubio tells donors he is running for White House Posted: 13 Apr 2015 04:28 PM PDT  The Republican senator says he feels "uniquely qualified" to defend the American Dream.
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| Hillary Clinton hits the road in her 'Scooby van' Posted: 13 Apr 2015 08:12 AM PDT  Shortly after officially launching her 2016 presidential bid Sunday with a video saying she wants to be the champion of "everyday Americans," Hillary Clinton hit the road for Iowa — in a minivan.
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| As Clinton eyes presidency, so does Republican Rubio Posted: 13 Apr 2015 01:07 PM PDT  The newly announced candidate boarded a simple minivan as she headed from New York to Iowa.
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| One reported dead in shooting at N.C. community college Posted: 13 Apr 2015 12:44 PM PDT  A campus in Goldsboro was on lockdown as authorities searched for a shooter.
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| Shooting makes North Charleston chief's outreach job harder Posted: 13 Apr 2015 01:42 AM PDT  NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Eddie Driggers had been out of active policing for five years when North Charleston Mayor Keith Summey offered him the top job in South Carolina's third-largest city.
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| Jordan Spieth wins the Masters in record fashion Posted: 12 Apr 2015 03:57 PM PDT  Jordan Spieth went wire-to-wire to win the 2015 Masters in spectacular fashion.
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| Final juror cuts continue in Colorado theater shooting trial Posted: 13 Apr 2015 04:52 PM PDT  CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — Attorneys have concluded what could be the next-to-last day of jury selection in the Colorado theater shooting case.
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| US protests intercept of reconnaissance plane by Russia Posted: 12 Apr 2015 10:03 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is protesting an intercept of a U.S. reconnaissance plane by a Russian fighter jet last week, calling it "unsafe and unprofessional" amid what it views as increasingly aggressive air operations by Moscow.
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| Ex-Blackwater guards sentenced to prison in Baghdad killings Posted: 13 Apr 2015 03:13 PM PDT  By Lindsay Dunsmuir WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former Blackwater security guard was sentenced to life in prison and three others got 30-year terms on Monday in the massacre of 14 unarmed Iraqi civilians at a Baghdad traffic circle in 2007, closing a case that had outraged Iraqis and inflamed anti-U.S. sentiment around the world. The Sept. 16 incident stood out for its brazenness and formed a tense backdrop to talks between the United States and Iraq over the continued presence of U.S. forces in Iraq. A heavily armed, four-truck Blackwater Worldwide convoy the men were in had been trying to clear a path for U.S. diplomats.
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| Oklahoma charges deputy with second-degree manslaughter in Tulsa shooting Posted: 13 Apr 2015 01:38 PM PDT  (Reuters) - Prosecutors in Oklahoma have charged a sheriff's reserve deputy with second-degree manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a man this month in Tulsa, prosecutors said on Monday. The Tulsa County Sheriff said reserve deputy Robert Bates, 73, fatally shot Eric Harris, 44, on April 2.
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| Arizona judge sentences murderer Jodi Arias to life behind bars Posted: 13 Apr 2015 01:06 PM PDT  By David Schwartz PHOENIX (Reuters) - An Arizona judge sentenced former waitress Jodi Arias to life in prison with no possibility of parole on Monday for shooting and stabbing her ex-boyfriend to death in 2008. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Sherry Stephens said Arias' crime, which attracted national attention, was "especially cruel ... (and) involved substantial planning and preparation." Arias, 34, had escaped a possible death sentence last month after a lone juror at her sentencing retrial refused to back the death penalty throughout five days of deliberations. Prosecutors said she killed her former partner in a jealous rage, while Arias argued she acted in self-defense. Shackled and clad in jail stripes, Arias told the court she had long wanted to be put to death for the crime.
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| Correction: Killings by Police-Oklahoma story Posted: 13 Apr 2015 04:22 PM PDT  TULSA, Okla. (AP) — In stories April 12-13 about the shooting of a suspect by a reserve deputy in Tulsa, The Associated Press reported erroneously that a videotape of the incident was released during the weekend. Tulsa County investigators showed the video at a news conference Friday, April 10, and subsequently made it available to media through a video distribution service.
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