PRESIDENTIAL RACE-REPUBLICAN DEBATE

WASHINGTON — Texas Sen. Ted Cruz enters Tuesday's Republican presidential debate with a burst of momentum, a robust campaign infrastructure, and a target on his back as he emerges as Donald Trump's main challenger in the leadoff Iowa caucuses. 

SEAFOOD FROM SLAVES-SHRIMP REACTION

NEW YORK — U.S. officials and human rights activists call on Americans to stop buying fish and shrimp tied to supply chains in Thailand, where The Associated Press has found slaves are forced to work in the seafood industry. 

OBAMA

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama vows to accelerate the U.S.-led military campaign against the Islamic State in both Syria and Iraq, implicitly acknowledging that progress has been too slow as the extremist group expands its reach with deadly attacks beyond the Middle East. 

AP POLL-ISLAMIC STATE

WASHINGTON — After terrorist attacks at home and abroad, more Americans than ever — but still less than half — support sending U.S. ground troops to fight the Islamic State, according to a new Associated Press-GfK Poll. A large majority also want a clearer explanation from President Barack Obama about his strategy to defeat the group.

MUSLIM BACKLASH-CHILDREN

The backlash against American Muslims is leaving a mark on some of the nation's youngest minds. Muslim parents say their children hear disparaging remarks in their own communities, see hateful bumper stickers and T-shirts, and have had friends abandon them because of their faith. 

ARGENTINA-GENDARMES-DEADLY CRASH

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina— At least 43 police officers were killed when a bus in a convoy in northern Argentina blew a tire and veered off the side of a bridge, falling at about 65 feet (20 meters) in an accident that brought the sad state of the South American nation's roads into focus. 

BALTIMORE POLICE DEATH

BALTIMORE — Jurors wrestle over what "evil motive" means as they deliberate the fate of the first of six officers to be tried in the death of Freddie Gray, a black man whose neck was broken in a police van, fueling the "Black Lives Matter" movement.