Many of the moves that Carter planned to outline in a speech Wednesday focus on how the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps recruit and retain troops. For example,…
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, flanked by Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, attends a meeting on Russian airspace forces’ activities in Syria.Alexei Nikolsky/SPUTNIK Russia’s FSB security service confirmed for the first…
ATHENS, Greece – A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of at least 6.1 hit the western Greek island of Lefkada on Tuesday, killing two people, sparking landslides and causing…
Jindal BATON ROUGE, La. – Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal dropped out of the 2016 race for president Tuesday, ending a campaign that failed to gain much support, especially in early-voting…
Attorney general says screening process is ‘robust’
Islamic State militants are reportedly barring residents of Raqqa, Syria, from leaving the city, raising fears that the militants will use civilians as shields of U.S.-backed forces try to take…
Many think e-bikes will do what Segways couldn’t
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal on Tuesday said he was suspending his presidential campaign after determining “this is not my time.”Morry Gash/Associated Press “I’ve come to the realization that this is…
Attorney General Loretta Lynch, followed by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., right, told House members Tuesday that the United States has a more stringent screening process for…
BALTIMORE – U.S. Roman Catholic bishops, at their first assembly since gay marriage became legal nationwide, vowed Monday to uphold marriage as only the union of a man and a…
The American Medical Association agreed Monday to push for regulations requiring warnings be written on medical and recreational pot products and posted wherever they are sold. The decision is based…
President Barack Obama, speaking at the G-20 Summit in Antalya, Turkey, on Monday said the mind-set of terrorists is a particular problem in assuring security from their attacks. “If you…
Syria refugee Nedal Al-Hayk works as a fabricator Monday in Warren, Mich. Several U.S. governors are threatening to halt efforts to allow Syrian refugees into their states in the aftermath…
Commuters head into a tunnel near the Capitol in Washington Monday. Capitol Police have increased their presence in Washington, D.C., following Friday’s terrorist attacks in Paris.J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press In…
U.S. President Barack Obama said Monday he was not aware of any intelligence that suggested the Islamic State group was planning any attacks in Paris. He was speaing after the…
Real estate deal could imperil herd
That’s what Democratic insiders are saying about the Republican outsiders who sit solidly atop preference polls in the race for the GOP nomination for president. They are far more worried…
For Hooker, cancer felt like ‘jolt,’ but also opportunity
WASHINGTON – Congress is racing toward a Friday deadline to renew the law that pays for national transportation programs, and lobbyists trying to shape the legislation are in a frenzy.…
French police patrol the Place de la Republique in Paris, France, on Sunday two days after more than 120 people were killed in a series of shooting and explosions.Jerome Delay/…
French police identified this suspect as Salah Abdeslam, a 26-year-old born in Brussels. They broadcast his name and image across Europe Sunday night, warning that he is very dangerous. “Do…
Gonzalez, a senior at California State University at Long Beach, was with two other students from the university and the husband of one. None were injured, university officials said. “She…
Democratic presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and Martin O’Malley take the stage during a Democratic presidential primary debate, Saturday in Des Moines, Iowa.Nati Harnik/Associated Press “This election is not…
‘Sweetheart’ was rescued from a shelter
While the legal outcome promises to hinge on how judges interpret treaties and actions Congress made more than a century ago, the fight itself lays bare simmering tensions between the…
On somber streets, scattered with the dead leaves of autumn, Parisians went through the motions of trying to pick up where they left off before suicide attackers slaughtered 129 people,…
