California has grown so big, so inefficient, it’s essentially ungovernable, according to a ballot initiative that could reach voters as early as November. It has to go, he says. “Vast…
The European Union is imposing sanctions on those the group decides is responsible for the latest violence in Kiev, Ukraine. Clashes between opposition members and and Ukraine police have killed…
Many Israelis are divided on the government’s new demand that Palestinians recognize that Israel is a Jewish state as part of any peace agreement. A broad-based group of Israelis is…
Parmeet Singh, son of Dixon Landing Chevron store owner Kulwinder Singh, doubts his family will splurge after winning a $1 million prize for selling the winning Powerball ticket to a…
Yves Logghe/Associated Press<br><br>EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton says the European Union is “shocked” by the violence taking place in the Ukraine. The EU Thursday approved sanctions that will target…
Democrats Thursday are cheering President Barack Obama’s decision to drop a proposal to trim cost-of-living increases in Social Security and other benefits programs in his upcoming budget plan. He had…
The average age for farmers in America was 58.3 years according to an agricultural census released Thursday. However, the survey did indicate a small rise in the number of farmers…
Vice President Joe Biden greets women who have either signed up for coverage or have helped others sign up for insurance under the federal health-care law during a stop at…
A spokeswoman for Nebraska’s attorney general said the state will appeal a state judge’s ruling that Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman improperly approved giving TransCanada eminent domain powers to take private…
Crew members work aboard the U.S.-flagged Maersk Alabama after the ship docked in the harbour of Mombasa, Kenya. Police in the Indian Ocean island nation of Seychelles said Wednesday two…
This undated file photo provided by the Robinson family shows civil rights activist Ray Robinson. Documents recently released by the FBI to a Buffalo, N.Y., lawyer shed new light on…
The Department of Homeland Security is warning airlines about a possible terrorist threat related to earlier threats that focused on flights to Russia for the Winter Olympics. The latest advisory…
International pressure is mounting against the Ukrainian government a day after violent protests left 25 dead in the capital of Kiev. The Ukrainian military Wednesday said it will take part…
The phenomenon started nine years ago when the EU banned the export of products used for execution, citing its goal to be the “leading institutional actor and largest donor to…
President Barack Obama wants to complete negotiations on a new Trans Pacific Partnership agreement this year. The trade pact would increase commerce between 12 countries in the Americas, Asia and…
Fort Hood officials said Tuesday that they’ve torn down Building 42003, the site of a 2009 massacre that left 13 people dead and more than 30 wounded. The building was…
Still, the sites do appear to be swaying opinions. About a third of patients who viewed online sites sought out or avoided physicians based on their ratings. The findings come…
UPPER MARLBORO, Md. – Drawing a link between reduced fuel consumption and climate change, President Barack Obama said Tuesday that his administration will issue tougher fuel-efficiency standards for delivery trucks…
A nuclear power plant under construction in Augusta, Ga., could be a test case to determine whether the nuclear power industry can turn out new plants without major delays and…
“He’s got a lot of rebuilding to do,” said James Lewis, an analyst at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Vice Adm. Michael Rogers, a career Navy man not…
VIENNA – Iran drew a red line on Tuesday on how far it would go at landmark nuclear talks, saying as the meeting opened that it would not buckle to…
The violence was the deadliest in nearly three months of anti-government protests that have paralyzed Ukraine’s capital in a struggle over the nation’s identity and the worst in the country’s…
President Barack Obama says his plans to order new fuel-efficiency standards for delivery trucks will be a “win, win, win” for America by reducing U.S. dependence on imported oil, consumer…
In this picture released by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivers a speech in Tehran, Iran. Iran’s top leader…
The Navy is about to start deploying the first prototype high-technology weapons such as laser weapons and rail guns. The weapons have shortcomings, but officials say they will be much…
Just figuratively, of course. The petitions scheduled for potential discussion include three that challenge state or federal gun- control laws. None of those cases directly raises the next big legal…
Retired Australian judge Michael Kirby, chairperson of the commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, says his panel could not accuse North Korea of…
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. – The White House says a costly spending bill President Barack Obama signed into law five years ago Monday was good for the economy and helped the…
Sunday’s attack on a tourist bus in the Sinai Peninsula may be another blow to Egypt’s tourism industry.Egyptian Tourism Minister Hesham Zazoua, left, and South Korean ambassador in Cairo, center,…
CARACAS, Venezuela – President Nicolas Maduro’s government Monday gave three U.S. Embassy officials 48 hours to leave the country, accusing the Obama administration of siding with student protesters who Venezuela…
