Paul Frank’s iconic Julius the monkey prepares to take flight with his jumbo jet back at the 87th annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday in New York.Associated Press “The…
Shoppers stand in line outside, waiting for Best Buy to open Thursday on Thanksgiving evening in Baxter, Minn.KELLY HUMPHREY/Brainerd Baxter As more than a dozen major retailers from Target to…
Popcorn, the national Thanksgiving turkey, enjoys the view for the north portico of the White House Wednesday after receiving a presidential pardon from President Barack Obama.Charles Dharapak/Associated Press Obama pardoned…
The Syrian government and the main rebel group are planning to attend U.N.-sponsored peace talks to try to end the civil war waging in Syria. President Bashar Assad said he…
The Huffington Post is reporting that the National Security Agency monitored porn traffic of six people the agency called “radicalizers.” The report was based on more documents released by former…
WASHINGTON – Compounding pharmacies that custom-mix medications in bulk are expected to come under more federal oversight under a bill signed into law Wednesday by President Barack Obama. Last year,…
China says it has the means to enforce its new air zone over the East China Sea, which includes many disputed areas in the region. Chinese government officials reported its…
The Obama administration is continuing to roll back start times for some of the planned features of its health insurance website. The administration Wednesday said it would delay the launch…
On the busiest travel day of the year Wednesday, family and friends watch for arrivals of loved ones at Denver International Airport. DIA was busy Wednesday with holiday travelers, but…
The strategy indicates the evolution of the administration’s shift toward Asia, which includes the creation of a growing base in northern Australia. Chinese missiles have been a preoccupation of Pentagon…
WASHINGTON – The Obama administration Tuesday launched a bid to rein in the use of tax-exempt groups for political campaigning. The effort is an attempt to reduce the role of…
UNITED NATION – The U.N. General Assembly’s human rights committee on Tuesday unanimously adopted a resolution sponsored by Brazil and Germany to protect the right to privacy against unlawful surveillance,…
Irish Republican Army splinter groups are stepping up their attacks against the Northern Ireland government as the Christmas holiday approaches. Today’s IRA attacks, however, are usually unsuccessful, unlike the terrorist…
Monday’s report on the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting is raising new questions about Adam Lanza’s mother, Nancy, and whether she bears some responsibility for her son’s shooting spree, which…
France is asking for international help to try to prevent more fighting in the Central African Republic. The French government says it will send 1,000 troops to the former colony…
“We are definitely on track to have a significantly different user experience by the end of this month,” Sebelius said. “But this isn’t a magic turn-on switch. The experience is…
Astronomers are giving mixed odds on the chances of Comet ISON surviving its close encounter with the sun Thursday. Astronomers Monday thought the comet may have broken up Monday and…
O.J. Simpson suffered a setback Tuesday when a Clark County District Court judge denied the former football star’s request for a new trial in his armed robbery and kidnapping case.…
China is raising the stakes in the East China Sea by announcing that it is establishing an air defense zone in the area that includes a cluster of islands it…
Iranians gather outside the U.S. Embassy in Tehran in November 1979 after revolutionary students took 60 Americans hostage earlier in the month. Several of the former hostages are upset that…
This satellite image taken in September 2010 shows a portion of Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, including the secret facility known as Penny Lane, upper middle in white. The CIA…
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Yale University was locked down for nearly six hours Monday as authorities investigated a phone call saying an armed man was heading to shoot up the…
The U.S. Embassy in Thailand is advising Americans to use caution and avoid areas with anti-government protesters are demonstrating. Protesters occupied the country’s Finance Ministery Monday in their effort to…
Amid the troubled rollout of the health law, and 17 months after the justices upheld it, the Obama administration is defending a provision that requires most employers that offer health…
Israel says it will not end its attempts to stop the United States and five other world powers from easing sanctions against Iran. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, sent…
Neither party will get its biggest priority – for Democrats, higher taxes; for Republicans, slowing the exploding cost of retirement programs. But a mutual desire to avert another government shutdown…
Many Iranians are upbeat about a new deal that will ease some of the international sanctions against their country in exchange for pausing some of its nuclear program. The interim…
This file photograph from the Newtown Bee shows a police officer leading two women and a child from Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., where Adam Lanza opened fire,…
