Lewandowski NEW YORK – The number of foreign children adopted by U.S. parents dropped by 12 percent last year to the lowest level since 1981, according to new State Department…
President Barack Obama shakes hands with guests after arriving in Atlanta to speak at the National Rx Drug Abuse & Heroin Summit. He announced a proposed rule that would increase…
Judge Merrick Garland, President Barack Obama’s choice to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court, arrives for a visit Tuesday with Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., the only…
Destroyed statues litter the floor at the damaged Palmyra Museum, in Palmyra city, central Syria. The amount of destruction found inside the archaeological area in the historic town was similar…
The suspect was taken to a local hospital, and a female bystander also sustained non-life-threatening injuries. Early reports said an officer was hit, but that proved erroneous. Capitol Chief of…
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal Monday said he would veto legislation allowing clergy to refuse to perform gay marriages.David Goldman/Associated Press The Republican announced his decision during a news conference in…
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama talk about this being their final Easter Egg Roll at the White House, as they are joined by the Easter Bunny Monday…
“We will not allow them to play with the lives of the people of Pakistan,” Sharif said. “This is our resolve. This is the resolve of the 200 million people…
Those goals put Trump and Ryan increasingly at odds over both tone and substance as the businessman barrels toward the GOP presidential nomination. While Ryan is appealing for political civility…
Alastair Grant/Associated Press<br><br>Pigeons take flight as tourists feed them in the Grand Place in Brussels on Monday. The Belgian health minister says four of those wounded in the suicide bombings…
HAVANA – Fidel Castro responded Monday to President Barack Obama’s historic trip to Cuba with a long, bristling letter recounting the history of U.S. aggression against Cuba, writing that “we…
Police in riot gear protect one of the memorials to the victims of the recent Brussels attacks, as right wing demonstrators protest near the Place de la Bourse in Brussels…
Ahsanullah Ahsan, spokesman for Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, told the Associated Press that a suicide bomber with the faction deliberately targeted the Christian community. The explosion took place near the children’s rides in…
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks at a campaign stop Saturday in Madison, Wis.Andy Manis/Associated Press While results in Washington, Alaska and Hawaii barely dented Hillary Clinton’s significant delegate…
BEIRUT – Syria’s government declared Sunday that its forces had seized Palmyra from the Islamic State, driving the militants out of the archaeologically significant city in a blow to the…
Proposal would allow consent to an entire health system, not just to one provider
Artificial-intelligence software designed by Microsoft to tweet like a teenage girl has been suspended after it began spouting offensive remarks, according to the company Thursday.Ted S. Warren/Associated Press file Microsoft…
The general view of the ancient Roman city of Palmyra, northeast of Damascus, Syria, can be been in this file photo released on Sunday by the Syrian official news agency…
The Vermont senator was trying to build his enduring support among liberal activists into a three-state sweep that could help him narrow a gap of 300 delegates won in primaries…
Some question why man was shot by police on Friday
Even Speaker Ryan can’t put a positive spin on presidential race
Drone delivery company Flirtey successfully delivered a package containing bottled water, emergency food and a first-aid kit to a residential home in Hawthorne, Nev., without the help of a human.Flirtey…
Combatting fed overreach is Patrick Morrisey’s mantra
WASHINGTON – Defense Secretary Ash Carter used his personal email account for government business for nearly a year, until December 2015, when news reports revealed the practice, according to hundreds…
Some identified as family, friends grieve
High-tech study results still inconclusive
Los Angeles Airport Police seized several packages of cocaine wrapped in green cellophane that a JetBlue flight attendant was allegedly trying to smuggle through security at Los Angeles International Airport.Los…
Like Alabama governor did, Trump is playing to voter fears about America’s decline
BAGHDAD – A suicide bomber blew himself up in a soccer stadium south of the Iraqi capital on Friday, killing 29 people and wounding 60, security officials said, as the…
