Anti-government protesters are continuing their protests in Kiev, Ukraine, although Tuesday’s developments offered some encouragement that the government may be responding to their demands. Ukraine’s prime minister, Mykola Azarov, resigned…
Supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi were back on the streets Tuesday as returned to court to face charges of inciting violence. Egyptian state TV shows ousted Egyptian President…
A deal to allow humanitarian aid into Homs remained stalled, with the Syrian delegation demanding assurances the U.S. aid will not go to “armed and terrorist groups” in the besieged…
“America does not stand still, and neither do I,” President Barack Obama said in his State of Union address, promising to use executive powers to close the gap between the…
A cheating scandal among members of the Air Force’s nuclear force is spreading with the Air Force reporting Tuesday that the number of service members implicated in the scandal has…
Officials are warning drivers throughout the Deep South to avoid traveling as much as possible over the next couple of days as a severe winter storm brings ice and snow…
The supporters of the proposal, Sens. Orrin Hatch of Utah, Tom Coburn of Oklahoma and Richard Burr of North Carolina, said in a written statement that their goal was to…
President Barack Obama is expected to announce a series of executive actions during his State of the Union address tonight that are aimed at addressing the growing income gap between…
WASHINGTON – A House plan to make major cuts to food stamps would be scaled back under a bipartisan agreement on a massive farm bill, a near end to a…
Ukrainian protesters are continuing to put pressure on President Viktor Yanukovych’s government. Yankovych’s government said Monday that it would withdraw an anti-protest law that has sent thousands out into the…
Egyptian Defense Minister Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi is the new field marshal for the Egyptian army.Jim Watson/Associated Press El-Sissi, the military officer who ousted Egypt’s first elected president and who has…
GENEVA – The key issue of a transitional government to replace President Bashar Assad blocked any progress Monday in Syrian peace talks, described by one delegate as “a dialogue of…
Polls show Florida voters support legalizing medicinal marijuana in the state. The state Supreme Court Monday cleared the way for a ballot initiative on legalizing medical marijana.Ed Andrieski/Associated Press The…
President Barack Obama’s proposals to ease Americans’ concerns about the National Security Agency’s surveillance programs are not winning the public’s favor, a new poll suggests. The poll came on the…
With little progress to show after months of international pressure for the conference in Geneva, the U.N. mediator hoping to broker an end to Syria’s civil war defended their pace.…
The French electronic duo’s “Random Access Memories” won album of the year and their infectious hit, “Get Lucky,” won record of the year at the awards show. The song features…
Great Recession continues to affect states’ numbers
The protesters rallied at Civic Center Plaza in front of City Hall before marching down Market Street to Justin Herman Plaza. They held signs that read “Defend life” and “Women…
Letter sent to Obama called for drastic limits to NSA
President Barack Obama on Tuesday will call for more economic opportunity in America and urge Congress to help shrink the income gap between the rich and the poor during his…
Billions may be lost for states not involved
Police were still trying to determine the identity and motive of the gunman who killed a man and a woman, both in their 20s, at a skate shop called Zumiez…
281 passengers ill aboard Royal Caribbean ship SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say 281 passengers have fallen ill aboard a Royal Caribbean…
29 protesters killed in skirmishes with security forces
Protesters have seized government buildings in scores of other cities in the European-leaning western part of the country.Osman Karimov/Associated Press Arseniy Yatsenyuk’s statement Saturday several hours after Yanukovych’s offer of…
Lakhdar Brahimi also said the painstakingly choreographed conference would continue today, focusing on humanitarian aid – the one topic the Syrian government and the opposition could agree to discuss. “We…
The numbers include new January enrollees announced by California and New York this week. Those two states by themselves have gained as many enrollees as the federal exchange, HealthCare.gov. “As…
Howard County police said via Twitter that a shooting took place at the Mall in Columbia, a suburb of both Baltimore and Washington. Authorities received a call to 911 at…
The verdict came after roughly three hours of deliberation in a case that spanned eight days and focused on the Hole frontwoman’s postings on the social networking site. The case…
