He’s the Prohibition agent who brought down Al Capone, the principled lawman in a city awash in corruption, the relentless investigator portrayed by actors Robert Stack and Kevin Costner and…
The Israeli government is blocking funding to ultra-Orthodox Jewish seminaries whose students don’t register for the military draft. Ultra-Orthodox Jews are protesting the government’s plans to force their members to…
One of the first projects planned under a new U.S. Department of Agriculture program will aim to restore the watershed that supplies drinking water to Helena, Mont. Agriculture Secretary Robert…
Airport security officials around the world are responding differently to a security warning from the United States that terrorists may try to smuggle explosives into Sochi, Russia, in toothpaste tubes.…
Democrats effort to woo GOP falls two votes short
Frost quakes usually don’t cause damage, but it can happen. A frost quake in Waupun, Wis., last month created a fissure about an inch wide and 10 inches deep in…
Pope Francis arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014. A U.N. human rights committee denounced the Vatican on Wednesday for…
WASHINGTON – The Homeland Security Department is warning airlines flying to Russia that terrorists may try to smuggle explosives on board hidden in toothpaste tubes. The threat was passed onto…
North Texas prosecutors say there is little more they can do to try to get jail time for Ethan Couch, a teenager convicted in a fatal car crash that killed…
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel says the military needs to “put renewed emphasis on developing moral character and moral courage in our force.” The defense chief’s call came a day after…
The Obama administration is mapping out a plan to target areas with high numbers of uninsured Americans to encourage them to sign up for health-care insurance. Katina Rapier of Chicago…
CVS Caremark estimates its decision to stop selling tobacco products in its stores will cost the company about $2 billion in revenues a year. The company said Wednesday it will…
Defense Intelligence Agency chief Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn told the House Intelligence Committee that his agency has to assume that Snowden took every document he accessed and that much of…
The Congressional Budget Office is predicting that 1 million fewer uninsured Americans will sign up for health insurance by the end of the year than originally expected. The budget office,…
WASHINGTON – The Navy said Tuesday it is investigating about 30 senior sailors linked to alleged cheating on tests meant to qualify them to train others to operate naval nuclear…
Creation Museum head Ken Ham, right, argues that “creation is the only viable model of historical science confirmed by observational science in today’s modern scientific era.” Ham debated TV’s “Science…
British Foreign Secretary William Hague says the British government doesn’t need to apologize for the minor role it played in India’s attack on the Golden Temple in Amristar in 1984.…
TRIPOLI, Libya – Libya’s Foreign Ministry said Tuesday the country’s caches of chemical weapons, including bombs and artillery shells filled with mustard gas, have been completely destroyed. “Libya is totally…
A group of 13 GOP lawmakers representing states across the U.S. released a report proposing “targeted reforms” for the 40-year-old federal law, which protects imperiled plants and animals. Proponents credit…
J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press<br><br>A new farm bill that was approved by the Senate Tuesday and sent to President Barack Obama replaces direct payments to farmers with new subsidy programs that…
A makeshift memorial sits outside the home of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman Monday in New York. Hoffman, 46, was found dead Sunday in his apartment of a suspected drug overdose.Jason…
As a result, researchers told USA TODAY, patients did not receive preventive health screenings, schedule appointments to manage chronic illnesses or use their new insurance coverage for anything beyond medical…
The details disclosed by Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Facebook, LinkedIn and Tumblr provided expanded details from 2012 and 2013 showing how often the government has sought information on the firms’ customers…
A new Army report says that suicidal tendencies among troops in Afghanistan is down as U.S. forces transfer more of their duties to Afghan soldiers.Massoud Hossaini/Associated Press The Army report…
INDIANAPOLIS – A nationwide hotel operator is investigating a suspected data security breach that may have compromised credit-card and debit -ard information of customers who stayed at properties in eight…
The groups also called for the federal government to take a stronger role in enforcing compliance of the Indian Child Welfare Act. They said in a letter to Attorney General…
Saudi Arabia is cracking down on terrorism, announcing a new counterterrorism law that critics say eliminates virtually any criticism of the government. Saudi King Abdullah also announced new laws making…
Former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is joining Brookings Institution as a distinguished fellow in residence, the Washington think tank says. It was announced Monday, the same day Janet Yellen…
Two law enforcement officials, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk about the evidence, said the actor apparently died of…
The Guttmacher Institute, which supports legal access to abortion, said in a report being issued today there were about 1.06 million abortions in 2011 – down from about 1.2 million…
