PRESIDENTIAL RACE

MANCHESTER, Iowa — Republican and Democratic presidential hopefuls crisscross the Midwestern state of Iowa in a frenzied weekend prelude before voters have their first say in the 2016 presidential race which has taken an unexpected turn with the emergence of outsider candidates who have challenged the establishment in both parties.

COLOMBIA-JAILED REBEL

BOGOTA, Colombia — As negotiations to end Colombia's half-century conflict close in on a final deal, attention is turning to the fate of an aging bank manager-turned leftist rebel who is being held at a U.S. maximum security prison alongside notorious terrorists. 

INMATES ESCAPE

SANTA ANA, California — A tip from an observant citizen leads San Francisco police to catch two escaped inmates who had been on the run for more than a week, Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchens says. 

PORT NY NJ STRIKE

NEW YORK — Longshoremen are back at work in New York and New Jersey after a walkout that temporarily halted work at the busiest port on the U.S. East Coast. The International Longshoremen's Association told members to start returning to work. The longshoremen had walked off the job over concerns including the possible outsourcing of work as well as automation of other work.