GOP's anti-tax focus trips Dems in budget battle
Written by CHARLES BABINGTON,Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Republicans' unyielding stand against income tax increases has caught President Barack Obama and his allies off guard, resulting in the spending-cuts-only approach to deficit reduction that Democrats most wanted to avoid.
Report: Suspect in NY crash ready to surrender
Written by COLLEEN LONG,Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — The suspected driver who fled the scene of a grisly crash that killed a pregnant woman, her husband and ultimately the child they were expecting is meeting with an attorney Tuesday and plans to report to police.
12 charged with manslaughter in FAMU death
Written by KYLE HIGHTOWER,Associated Press
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Twelve former Florida A&M University band members were charged Monday with manslaughter in the 2011 hazing death of a drum major.
Ex-DEA heads: Feds should nullify state pot laws
Written by MICHAEL TARM,Associated Press
CHICAGO (AP) — Eight former Drug Enforcement Administration chiefs say the federal government needs to act now or it might lose the chance to nullify Colorado and Washington's laws legalizing recreational marijuana use.
Violent past for suspect in NY crash; family dies
Written by COLLEEN LONG,Associated Press VERENA DOBNIK,Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities were looking for a man with a history of violence and a prior drunken driving arrest suspected of barreling down a street and crashing into a pregnant woman and her husband, killing them and ultimately the child they were expecting.
Diplomats: US, China agree on NKorea sanctions
Written by EDITH M. LEDERER,Associated Press
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council was set to hold closed consultations on North Korea and non-proliferation Tuesday after U.N. diplomats said the United States and China reached agreement on a new draft sanctions resolution to punish the country for its latest nuclear test.
Venezuela: Chavez hit by new, severe infection
Written by FABIOLA SANCHEZ,Associated Press FRANK BAJAK,Associated Press
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A severe new respiratory infection has hit cancer-stricken President Hugo Chavez and his condition is "very delicate," Venezuela's government says.
Senate committee set to vote on Obama's CIA choice
Written by RICHARD LARDNER,Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Intelligence Committee is scheduled to vote on President Barack Obama's pick to lead the CIA after weeks of wrangling with the White House over access to top-secret information about the use of lethal drone strikes against terror suspects and the attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya.