Violence

Many share Newtown's mourning during holidays

By BROCK VERGAKIS and KATIE ZEZIMAAssociated Press NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) - As residents prepared to observe Christmas less than two weeks after a gunman killed 20 children and six educators at an elementary school, people sharing in the town's mourning brought offerings of cards, handmade

Many share Newtown's mourning during holidays

By BROCK VERGAKIS and KATIE ZEZIMAAssociated Press NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) - As residents prepared to observe Christmas less than two weeks after a gunman killed 20 children and six educators at an elementary school, people sharing in the town's mourning brought offerings of cards, handmade

UN concerned at Muslim-Buddhist clashes in Myanmar

By EDITH M. LEDERERAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. General Assembly unanimously adopted a resolution late Monday welcoming positive changes in Myanmar but expressing serious concern at an upsurge of sectarian violence between Muslims and Buddhists in strife-torn Rakhine state. The

A look at tough issues awaiting Obama's final term

By The Associated Press As President Barack Obama approaches his second and final term, he will have to decide where to be ambitious, where to be cautious and where to buy time. A look at some of the big issues Obama will have to tackle when he returns to Washington after a Hawaiian vacation: ___