hirteen months into his presidency, Barack Obama finally gave liberal supporters the kind of judicial nominee they had sought and conservatives feared.

Factory worker Chen Qinghai frowned as he looked at a tall bulletin board full of help-wanted notices from companies making everything from photocopiers and DVD drives to mobile phones and car parts.

Their kingdom long ago overthrown, Native Hawaiians seeking redress are closer than they’ve ever been to reclaiming a piece of Hawaii.

The judge didn’t believe the father was a threat and denied the mother’s plea to keep him away from their 9-month-old son. It was a seemingly routine ruling in a busy family law court called on too often to referee passionate fights between broken young families over the care of babies.

Jene Newsome played by the rules as an Air Force sergeant: She never told anyone in the military she was a lesbian.

Israel’s premier has ordered an investigation into how government officials announced plans for a new Jewish housing project in East Jerusalem during a visit by Vice President Joe Biden.

It often starts as a voice in the wilderness, but can swell into an entire nation’s demand for truth. From Ireland to Germany, Europe’s many victims of child abuse in the Roman Catholic church are finally breaking social taboos and confronting the clergy to face its demons.

A suicide squad detonated bombs at a newly fortified prison, police headquarters and two other locations late Saturday, killing at least 30 people in the largest city of the southern Taliban heartland.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Mississippi State coach Rick Stansbury is looking for some bandwagon fans to support the Bulldogs in their second consecutive SEC tournament championship game.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — John Calipari brought Kentucky to town focused most on the NCAA tournament.