Stocks mostly lower after manufacturing slows down
Written by STEVE ROTHWELL,AP Markets Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market was mostly lower in midday trading after an industry group reported an unexpected slowdown in U.S. manufacturing last month.
House GOP defense bill blocks Guantanamo closing
Written by DONNA CASSATA,Associated Press RICHARD LARDNER,Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rebuffing President Barack Obama's latest plea, House Republicans on Monday proposed keeping open the military-run prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by barring the administration from transferring its terror suspects to the United States or a foreign country such as Yemen.
New Jersey Sen. Lautenberg dead at 89
Written by ANGELA DELLI SANTI,Associated Press
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — The next time a flight attendant reminds you there's no smoking or you witness a teenager getting carded at a liquor store, think of Frank Lautenberg.
Over 60 countries sign Arms Trade Treaty
Written by EDITH M. LEDERER,Associated Press
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — More than 60 countries signed the landmark treaty regulating the multibillion-dollar global arms trade Monday and the United States announced it will sign soon, giving a strong kickoff to the first major international campaign to stem the illicit trade in weapons that fuel conflicts and extremists.
Worst storms over in East, South but more coming
Written by CLARKE CANFIELD,Associated Press
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The remnants of a violent storm that claimed 13 lives in Oklahoma sent punishing winds and torrential downpours to northern New England and a tornado to South Carolina. And there could be more coming, though meteorologists say the worst is over.
Bradley Manning trial begins 3 years after arrest
Written by DAVID DISHNEAU,Associated Press
FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — More than three years ago, Army Pfc. Bradley Manning was arrested in Iraq and charged in the biggest leak of classified information in U.S. history.
Vinegar cancer test saves lives, India study finds
Written by MARILYNN MARCHIONE,Associated Press MUNEEZA NAQVI,Associated Press
MUMBAI, India (AP) — A simple vinegar test slashed cervical cancer death rates by one-third in a remarkable study of 150,000 women in the slums of India, where the disease is the top cancer killer of women.
Thousands evacuated as crews fight Calif. wildfire
Written by CHRISTOPHER WEBER,Associated Press REED SAXON,Associated Press
LANCASTER, Calif. (AP) — A wildfire that destroyed at least six homes, damaged 15 others and threatened hundreds more grew quickly Sunday as it triggered evacuations for nearly 3,000 people and burned dangerously close to communities in the parched mountains north of Los Angeles.