美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-01-06

1. The 113th Congress is now in session. The House reelected John Boehner as speaker. And in the Senate, Vice President Joe Biden swore in 12 new members elected in November along with South Carolina Republican Tim Scott. 2. The State Department says

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-01-04

1. They were up late on the phone, and Vice President Joe Biden and Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell are expected to keep talking to avoid automatic tax increases and budget cuts set to go into effect with the New Year. But for now Republican

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-01-08

1.Four people have died following a overnight stand off at the rural Colorado, police say it looks llike three adult victims were killed before officiers arrived at the scene, and the suspect died during a gunfire with police. 2.President Obama is he

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-11-28

1. US Secretary of State John Kerry and Foreign Ministers from 5 other world powers held some intense talks in Geneva. Theyre trying to finalize a deal that would offer Iran limited relief from economic sanction in return for curbs on its nuclear pro

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-11-27

1. Iran has agreed to a temporary freeze of its nuclear program. The agreement with the United States and 5 other world powers calls on Tehran to curb nuclear activities for 6 months while a long-term deal is negotiated. The burden is on Iran to prov

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-10-27

President Obama meets with Pakistan's Prime Minister at the White House Wednesday a day after an Amnesty International report called some U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan and other countries unlawful or indiscriminate. Detroit's battle for bankruptcy g

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-10-31

1. Conrad Murray has left jail, Michael Jacksons former doctor served less than 2 years behind bars for involuntary manslaughter in the pop singers death. 2. Capital Hill lawmakers begin negotiations Monday on a half-trillion-dollar five-year farm bi

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-09-29

A source tells the Associated Press that the hostages that Al-Qaida-linked terrorists are holding in a mall in Nairobi, Kenya haven't been released. An earlier statement from the Kenyan military said most of them had been rescued. The United Nations

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-09-28

1. Kenyan police say a major assault by security forces has begun end the two-day hostage crisis at a Nairobi mall. Al-Shabab militants reacted angrily to the helicopters on Twitter. The death toll since Saturday has reached nearly 70. 2. Chancellor,

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-11-29

A big storm is moving east from Texas and Oklahoma, and it could make a mess of Thanksgiving travel plans. The wintry weather is blamed for hundreds of accidents and at least 8 deaths. Hundreds of flights have been grounded. President Obama says the

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-09-30

1. Kenyan security forces have nearly regained total control of an upscale shopping mall in Nairobi, two days after it was seized by members of a Somali terrorist group. Thick smoke rose over the besieged mall. Witnesses heard four loud explosions an

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-06-24

1. President Obamas call for a reduction in US and Russian nuclear stockpiles is being met with skepticism from Russia. In a speech in Berlin, President Obama called for cutting those weapons by one third. But Russia wants more countries involved. 2.

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-07-29

1. President Obama is accusing Washington of getting distracted from the economy. His speech in Illinois Wednesday included no new policy initiatives, but he said that reversing bad economic trends should be Washington's highest priority. 2. Anthony

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-07-31

1. Authorities say a second body has been pulled from New York's Hudson River. A bride-to-be and her fiance's best man went missing after a boat crash near the Tappan Zee Bridge Friday night. A friend operating the boat has been charged. 2. Pope Fran

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-09-23

1. The FBI says the Defense contract employee behind Monday shooting rampage at the Washington Naval Yard had a legitimate pass to get in. Thirty-four-year-old Aaron Alexis killed a dozen people before he died in a shootout with police. 2. Eight peop

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-09-24

1. Officials say suspect Aaron Alexis was able to enter the Washington Navy Yard using a valid pass. And once inside, he opened fire on employees killing 12 and wounding 8 others, with a shotgun he brought with him and handgun he obtained inside. 2.

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-10-30

1. Singer Chris Brown has been arrested in the nation's capital. Police say Brown and another man are charged with felony assault following a fight outside the W Hotel. The two are being held in police custody until tomorrow. 2. A Chinese immigrant h

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-10-29

1. There has been a shooting at a US navy facility in Tennessee. The military says the gunman opened fire, wounding two service members before being taken to custody. Police said the shooter was a Navy recruiter who had been relieved of duty. 2. Pres

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-07-24

1. People are gathering nationwide at rallies to press for federal civil rights charges against the former neighborhood watch leader. Rallies come one week after a jury found George Zimmerman not guilty in the death of unarmed teen Trayvon Martin. Th

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-08-27

Egypts long time leader Hosni Mubarak could be freed from prison and placed under house arrest today. He has been detained for almost three years since the uprising that deposed him in 2011. The 85-year-old Mubarak still faces a retrial on charges of