Philadelphia Inquirer & Daily News: World

Last week, POTUS came to SXSW. On Wednesday, it was FLOTUS' turn.
After her husband appeared at the South by Southwest Interactive conference in Austin on Friday, first lady Michelle Obama arrived in town on Wednesday morning, and on the day her husband was back in Washington introducing a new Supreme Court nominee, she

WASHINGTON - An extraordinary legal fight is brewing with major privacy implications for millions of cellphone users after a federal magistrate ordered Apple Inc. to help the FBI hack into an iPhone used by the gunman in the San Bernardino mass shootings.

RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. - President Obama on Tuesday vowed to nominate an "indisputably qualified" candidate to the Supreme Court, forcefully rejecting Republican calls that he cede the pick to his successor because the court vacancy comes late in his presidency and in the middle of an election year.

Despite the accelerated melting of glaciers and ice sheets, sea levels aren't rising quite as quickly as scientists anticipated. The reason: Continents are absorbing more of the water before it flows into the seas, according to a new study.

BEIRUT, Lebanon - A diplomatic push for a temporary pause in Syria's civil war and the delivery of humanitarian aid faced huge hurdles Friday, with Russia saying it would continue its air strikes and government planes dropping leaflets urging rebels to surrender because "the belt is narrowing around you."

About 5.5 million people around the world die prematurely every year from breathing polluted air, and the majority of those deaths are occurring in China and India, where factories and coal-fired power plants are fueling economic growth, according to a report released Friday.

For the foreseeable future, Gov. Christie likely will not be talking about terrorism, the international refugee crisis, illegal immigration to the United States, or Marco Rubio's debating skills.

WASHINGTON - Amid a presidential campaign marked by fury and resentment, Sen. Cory Booker wants to alter the tone as he steps back into the national limelight.

WASHINGTON - The Democratic National Committee has rolled back restrictions introduced by presidential candidate Barack Obama in 2008 that banned donations from federal lobbyists and political action committees.

As his lawyers had vowed, Bill Cosby sought Friday to temporarily halt the sexual-assault prosecution against him while he challenges a Montgomery County judge's ruling that his case should proceed toward a trial.