Hailemedhin Abera, a co-pilot for Ethiopian Airlines, is requesting asylum in Switzerland. Abera hijacked the plane he was flying from Addis Abeda, Ethiopia, to Rome after locking the pilot out…
Maureen Grey is one of the many older Americans who are finally able to afford health care again after signing up for federally subsidized health insurance through the Affordable Care…
NEW YORK – Online fundraising site Kickstarter says hackers got some of its customer data. Kickstarter co-founder Yancey Strickler said in a blog post hackers accessed usernames, email addresses, phone…
Vt. ski area created one after too many rescue attempts
LONDON – Strong winds pummeling Britain killed a taxi driver, whose car was crushed by falling chunks of masonry from a building, as well as an elderly man who died…
But what will our congressional delegates do?
Another blast of snow makes its way to Northeast BOSTON – Another round of snow made its way into the Northeast on Saturday as the region continues to dig out…
Syrian chief negotiator Bashar Jaafari speaks to the media after the second round of negotiations between the Syrian government and the opposition ended in an impasse at the European headquarters…
Over the past two years, Forest Lawn has been quietly putting movable kiosks in several of the malls that dot Southern California’s suburbs. The move, by one of the funeral…
President Barack Obama waves he boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, en route to travel to Fresno, Calif., to discuss the ongoing…
A federal judge’s decision late Thursday striking down Virginia’s sweeping ban on gay and lesbian unions was but the latest in a string of rulings in some of the nation’s…
France plans to send an additional 400 soldiers to the Central African Republic as Muslim residents flee the capital of Bangui. Sectarian violence has erupted in the capital again, with…
“Without getting into hypotheticals, every day we continue to go after those enemies in Afghanistan that are targeting our forces, the forces of our allies and the Afghan people, and…
U.S. Coast Guard the icebreaker Mackinaw maintains a shipping lane on the St. Marys River linking Lakes Superior and Huron. It’s been so bitterly cold for so long in the…
The president wants his fellow Democrats to keep the Senate, would love to see them retake the House and has made it clear he’s willing to help — but in…
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, praised China for pushing North Korea to rejoin international talks on dismantling its nuclear arms program. Kerry met with Chinese President Xi Jinping…
Marijuana is displayed at the River Rock dispensary in Denver. The federal government takes another step toward enabling a legalized marijuana industry to operate in the U.S., announcing that it…
Jin hye Jo wipes away a tear as she testifies during a hearing of the United Nations mandated Commission of Inquiry about the human rights situation in the Democratic People’s…
Mike Groll/Associated Press<br><br>A pedestrian walks along a snow-covered street Friday in Albany, N.Y. Schools are closed across a swath of eastern New York from the mid-Hudson Valley to the Albany…
Love really does blind all. A new poll finds that just 3 percent of paired-off adults believe their partnerships have serious problems. The Associated Press-WE tv survey says 66 percent…
Anaylsts are warning that the Syrian civil war may pose a future threat to the United States as the conflict becomes a training ground for future Islamic terrorists. Trucks are…
They are still a long way from that goal. The amount of energy they got out of their experimental apparatus was minuscule compared to what they put into it. Still,…
Egyptian Army chief Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow during a trip to try to move his country away from its traditional…
