KILLINGS BY POLICE-FERGUSON

WASHINGTON — In suing Ferguson, Missouri, the Justice Department will look to prove in court the same constitutional violations it's already alleged on paper: baseless stops and searches of black drivers, excessive use of force by officers and a profit-driven court system reliant on fines for petty violations.

UNITED STATES SYRIA POLICY

MUNICH — Russia has proposed a March 1 ceasefire in Syria, U.S. officials say, but Washington believes Moscow is giving itself and the Syrian government three weeks to try to crush moderate rebel groups. 

PRESIDENTIAL RACE

COLUMBIA, South Carolina — Republican businessman Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders forge ahead after decisive wins in the first-in-the-nation New Hampshire primary, and the Republican field dwindles by two with announcements that Carly Fiorina and Chris Christie would drop out of the race.

CUBA-POPE

HAVANA — The heads of the Roman Catholic and Russian Orthodox churches will hold a historic meeting Friday in the threadbare international airport of an officially secular, Communist-run tropical island. Odd as the location seems, Pope Francis' and Patriarch Kirill's attempt to reconcile their churches after centuries of estrangement will set the tone for a year of peacemaking in Cuba, a nation trying to shed its historic role as international socialist provocateur. 

MEXICO-POPE-VIRGIN OF GUADALUPE

MEXICO CITY — A weathered pastel image of the Virgin of Guadalupe hangs from German Herrera Hernandez's dashboard, watching over his passengers. When Pope Francis visits this week he'll make an emotional stop at the Basilica of the Virgin of Guadalupe — patron saint of Mexico and "empress of the Americas" — where millions of pilgrims flock each year to pray before the shroud that bears her image. 

RFK KILLER-PAROLE

SAN DIEGO — Sirhan Sirhan is denied parole for fatally shooting Robert F. Kennedy after a confidante of the slain senator who was shot in the head forgave him and repeatedly apologized for not doing more to win his release.