PRESIDENTIAL RACE-DEMOCRATS DEBATE

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire — U.S. Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton moved past the rancor over a breach of her campaign's valuable voter data, shifting Saturday night's debate into a pointed but polite discussion of national security, Americans' heightened terrorism fears and the economy. 

PRESIDENTIAL RACE-BUSH-TRUMP

CONTOOCOOK, New Hampshire — Days after going toe-to-toe with Donald Trump on the debate stage, Jeb Bush seems to relish his new role as the Republican front-runner's chief critic.

CONGREGATIONS-SECURITY

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama — Religious congregations across the U.S. are concentrating on security like never before following a string of violent incidents. 

CALIFORNIA SHOOTINGS-FAMILY TIES

LOS ANGELES — The husband and wife who carried out the massacre in San Bernardino are examples of the family ties that figure in many of the worst recent terror attacks — bonds that experts say make it much harder for law enforcement to detect a plot. 

UNITED STATES-IRAQ

ABOARD THE USS KEARSARGE — The American airstrike that may have killed a number of Iraqi soldiers seems to be "a mistake that involved both sides," U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter says. He called Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to express condolences.

SEEGER-FBI FILES

ALBANY, New York — Army Pvt. Pete Seeger eagerly waited for a chance to fight for his country during World War II, but military investigators had doubts about the young folk singer's loyalty. That's according to 1,700 pages of newly released government files on the musician. 

ISLAM-LESSON DISPUTE

VERONA, Virginia — With Americans already on edge after the attacks in Paris and Southern California, a teacher's lesson on Islam in a Virginia school sparked an angry meeting of outraged parents that mushroomed into a national denunciation of the educator in the form of thousands of angry emails and social media postings. 

HAITI-ELECTION PROTESTS

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Several government buildings were set ablaze in scattered sections of Haiti and one demonstrator was killed in violent protests ignited by the release of final legislative election results, officials said.