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Essential News from The Associated Press
Latest Headlines  Obama's Berlin speech: History raises the stakesJune 19, 20132:19 AM ET BERLIN (AP) — Five years and 50 years. As President Barack Obama revisits Berlin, he can't escape those anniversaries and the inevitable comparisons to history and personal achievement.   Afghan Taliban say they killed 4 US troopsJune 19, 20132:35 AM ET KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban claimed responsibility Wednesday for an attack in Afghanistan that killed four American troops just hours after the insurgent group announced it would hold talks with the U.S. on finding a political solution to ending the nearly 12-year war in the country.   CBO: Senate Immigration bill would help economyJune 18, 201310:51 PM ET WASHINGTON (AP) — Sweeping immigration legislation moving toward a vote in the Senate would boost the economy and reduce federal deficits, the Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday, at the same time it would bestow legal status on an estimated 8 million immigrants living in the United States unlawfully.   House passes far-reaching anti-abortion billJune 18, 20138:37 PM ET WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-led House on Tuesday passed a far-reaching anti-abortion bill that conservatives saw as a milestone in their 40-year campaign against legalized abortion and Democrats characterized as yet another example of a GOP war on women.   Obama to renew calls for nuclear reductionsJune 19, 20131:49 AM ET BERLIN (AP) — President Barack Obama on Wednesday will renew his call to reduce the world's nuclear stockpiles, including a proposed one-third reduction in U.S. and Russian arsenals, a senior administration official said. 
Latest Headlines  Protesters out again in Brazil's biggest cityJune 19, 20132:26 AM ET SAO PAULO (AP) — Tens of thousands of Brazilians again flooded the streets of the country's biggest city to raise a collective cry against a longstanding lament — people are weighed down by high taxes and high prices but get low-quality public services and a system of government infected with corruption.      Police visit home of Patriots TE Aaron HernandezJune 18, 201310:56 PM ET NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — State and local police spent hours at the home of New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez on Tuesday night as another group of officers searched an industrial park about a mile away where a body was discovered the day before. 
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