MEXICO-DRUG LORD

MEXICO CITY — Mexican marines had barely faced down .50-caliber sniper guns and a loaded grenade launcher to recapture the world's most notorious drug lord when people began asking whether Mexico this time will extradite Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman to the U.S. 

PRESIDENTIAL RACE-BUSH

MEREDITH, New Hampshire — 2016 Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush describes himself as a policy nerd, and insurgent rival Donald Trump has tagged him "low energy." But Bush is reaching deep to show voters the man inside as he fights for his political survival ahead of the New Hampshire primary vote. .

PRESIDENTIAL RACE-CLINTON-GUNS

WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign jumped at a chance to portray Democratic rival Sen. Bernie Sanders as being at odds with President Barack Obama on gun control after the president denounced legislation protecting gun-makers from lawsuits. 

TERRORISM ARRESTS

SACRAMENTO, California — An Iraqi man bragged about his experience fighting in Syria and the skills he developed as a teenage insurgent as he urged a fellow Iraqi refugee in the U.S. to join him in what both hoped would be martyrdom, according to documents filed in federal court. 

PHILADELPHIA-OFFICER AMBUSHED

PHILADELPHIA — A man using a gun stolen from police said he was acting in the name of Islam when he ambushed an officer sitting in his marked cruiser at an intersection, firing more than a dozen shots at point-blank range, authorities say. Both the officer and suspect were wounded during the barrage of gunfire.