Indonesian Navy pilots Maj. Bambang Edi Saputro, left, and 2nd Lt. Tri Laksono check their map during a search operation for the missing Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777 over the waters…
MEXICO CITY – Mexico’s government confirmed late Sunday the leader of the Knights Templar Cartel was killed in an early-morning shootout with marines despite being declared dead by authorities in…
A visitor lights a marijuana joint in coffee shop Mississippi in Maastricht, southern Netherlands. While several U.S. states have moved to legalize the sale of marijuana, the Netherlands is going…
In Colorado, U.S. Rep. Coffman has switched his stance over the years
ANAHEIM, Calif. – Investigators combed through a collapsed theater stage at a Southern California high school Sunday, trying to determine why it buckled during a performance and sent 25 students…
U.S.: International law being broken; Russia: No, it is not
Email correspondence obtained by The Associated Press suggests Virginia first lady Maureen McDonnell was stressed and overwhelmed by her duties and made life difficult for staff members in the governor’s…
A horde of mint-condition gold coins valued at millions of dollars is spurring lots of theories about how the coins ended up buried in Northern California where a couple found…
New research suggests that a shot every one to three months may someday give an alternative to the daily pills that some people take now to cut their risk of…
From ‘My Lady’ to no juries, people learn of S. African courts
BAGHDAD – A suicide bomber in a stolen police Humvee passed through a military checkpoint in Iraq before detonating his explosives, killing seven people authorities said – part of a…
Critics contend social-media site not doing enough
Republicans courting women as their conservative summit ends
MacRaedu1-i-syn ‘The Honeymooners’ star Sheila MacRae dies at 92 ENGLEWOOD, N.J. – Sheila MacRae starred on the Broadway stage and in films, yet it was her small-screen role as the…
Custodian Ray Keen inspects a clock face Saturday before changing the time on the 100-year-old clock atop the Clay County Courthouse in Clay Center, Kan. Americans were setting their clocks…
Obamadu1-i-syn Those aren’t hopeful predictions from Republicans. They’re the dire warnings of President Barack Obama, who is seeking to gin up enthusiasm for the midterm elections from party activists already…
No distress call given by Malaysian Airlines’ crew
Majority in region identify with Russia, which continues to send troops to area
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says the Palestinians will seek wider U.N. recognition of their demands for an independent state if U.S.-brokered peace talks with Israel fail.Mohamad Torokman/Associated Press Abbas’ comments…
CAIRO — Egypt has announced a team of European archaeologists have found a nearly 6-foot- tall alabaster statue of a pharoanic princess, dating from approximately 1350 B.C., outside the southern…
The GAO, Congress’ investigative arm, examined the optional practical training program in Immigration and Customs Enforcement. As of November 2013, the program had approved 100,000 of the 1 million foreign…
This winter’s damage costs are mounting up and should grow even higher before the weather starts getting warmer in much of the United States. Global reinsurance firm Aon Benfield says…
The National Park Service is predicting that the cherry blossoms will be in full bloom between April 8 and 12 as the city prepares for the National Cherry Blossom Festival…
The Russian Parliament is voting on new legislation to make it easier to annex the Crimea region if voters decide next week to withdraw from Ukraine. A woman holds a…
White House advisers say the Obama administration won’t be able to go back to a business-as-usual approach with Russia if it annexes or recognizes the Crimea region’s independence, but they…
Average hourly pay for American workers is up 2.2 percent over the past 12 months, beating the 1.6 percent inflation rate for the same period, the Labor Department is reporting.…
