Lucy Pemoni/Associated Press file photo<br><br>The Army Thursday said it will shrink the size of an Oahu, Hawaii-based unit and pull Stryker combat vehicles out of Hawaii as part of broader…
South Carolina Rep. Gila Cobb-Hunter left, and former South Carolina Gov. David Beasley celebrate after Gov. Nikki Haley signed a bill allowing the removal of the Confederate flag from the…
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – Saudi Arabia’s Prince Saud al-Faisal, who was the world’s longest-serving foreign minister with 40 years in the post until his retirement this year, has died, the…
Greek business owners and citizens are are growing more frustrated by cash restrictions that have left shops empty as the country seeks to reach a deal with European creditors for…
Poll: ‘Sandwich’ generation doing little to prepare for future needs
Case could test fragile peace with Hamas
WASHINGTON – Russia poses the world’s greatest threat to U.S. national security, President Barack Obama’s nominee to lead the military’s Joint Chiefs of Staff declared Thursday. The White House quickly…
Republicans again call for chief of personnel agency to be fired
Gamblers claim casinos illegally seized winnings
Kerry, country ‘prepared to call an end’ to nuclear negotiations
U.S. House Republicans Thursday scrapped plans to vote on whether to permit Confederate flags to be placed on graves of Confederate soldiers buried in federal cemeteries.David Goldman/Associated Press file photo…
Print collections are in decline as technology moves forward
Several Democratic legislators in South Carolina’s on Wednesday grew upset with Republican members of the House who are trying to delay legislation that would force the state to immediately remove…
A woman cleaner cleans the branch of a bank in central Athens, Wednesday, July 8, 2015. Frustrated and angry eurozone leaders fearing for the future of their common currency gave…
WASHINGTON – Federal law enforcement officials warned Wednesday that data encryption is making it harder to hunt for pedophiles and terror suspects, telling senators that consumers’ right to privacy is…
Expert: We may be rushing tech before it’s ready
Chief of staff tells Congress ‘unpredictability is killing us’
A United Airlines plane, front, on Wednesday is pushed back from the gate at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston. All United Continental flights in the U.S. were grounded temporarily…
Authorities investigate a shooting in the parking lot of Twin Peaks restaurant in Waco, Texas. The family of a biker slain in a shootout outside the Waco restaurant has sued…
The New York Stock Exchange is hoping to reopen before the 4 p.m. Eastern closing time. The exchange shut down earlier Wednesday because of a technical glitch.Seth Wenig/Associated Press There…
A plaque at the Big Four Ice Caves in Verlot, Washington, memorializes Grace Tam, 11, who died in 2010 after she was struck by a piece of ice while visiting…
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, left, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, third left, and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, right, meet with foreign minters from Russia, United States, the European…
A man places a flower during a Tuesday service for survivors and relatives of the victims to mark the 10-year anniversary of the 7/7 London attacks at the 7/7 memorial…
MONCKS CORNER, S.C. – An F-16 fighter jet smashed into a small plane Tuesday over South Carolina, killing two people and raining down plane parts and debris over a wide…
Snowden Yet now there are rumblings that the Obama administration could soften its stance. Former Attorney General Eric Holder hinted as much during an interview with Yahoo News – saying…
Subway restaurant spokesman Jared Fogle on Tuesday walks into his home with federal authorities in Zionsville, Ind. FBI agents and Indiana State Police have removed electronics from the property.Charlie Nye/The…
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy Tuesday said she is confident a proposed EPA rule restricting mercury and other emissions at power plants will go into effect despite last week’s…
New approach to find remains of war dead is sought
