The U.N. will sponsor talks aimed at ending the fighting in Syria and trying to establish an interim government that would take over the country while a permanent one is…
HARTFORD, Conn. – A prosecutor is planning to release a report Monday on the investigation into the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School, but the public will have to wait…
Unidentified delegates listen to a translated commentary Saturday during the closing session of the U.N. Climate Change talks in Warsaw, Poland.Czarek Sokolowski/Associated Press Even if it succeeds, it’s worth reconsidering…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the world had become a “more dangerous place” as a result of the nuclear deal agreed to with Iran on Sunday.Seth Wenig/Associated Press file…
Syrian civilians look for undamaged furniture, clothes and food in their homes destroyed during clashes between the Sunni-dominated Free Syrian Army and Syrian soldiers loyal to Syria’s President Bashar Assad,…
High school student Vito Calli, 15, of Reading, Pa., whose family emigrated from Argentina, says people tease him online with jokes about Hispanics, but “you can’t let those things get…
The Federal Communications Commission might be ready to permit cellphone calls in flight. Old concerns about electronics being a danger to airplane navigation have been debunked.MATT SLOCUM/Associated Press file photo…
A delegate attends the closing session of the 19th conference of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Warsaw, Poland, on Friday. The talks intended to lay foundations…
In this Nov. 22, 1963, photo from the White House via the John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library in Boston, Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in as president as Jacqueline Kennedy stands…
Boeing advises about engine icing problems WASHINGTON – Boeing is alerting airlines about possible engine icing problems on some of its new planes. It is recommending that planes with a…
From left, Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., and Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill., speak after a Nov. 21 vote to weaken filibusters…
Rescue workers search debris of the Maxima supermarket in Riga, Latvia, on Saturday. At least 54 people have died, including three firefighters, after an enormous section of roof collapsed at…
NATO troops stopped from accessing Afghanistan
Police officers stand outside apartments as police conduct house-to-house inquires in the area where three women were rescued after allegedly being held as slaves for up to 30 years in…
BAGHDAD – Iraqi Sunni religious leaders said Saturday they closed the sect’s mosques in Baghdad indefinitely to protest attacks targeting clerics and worshippers, highlighting the country’s deepening sectarian rift. The…
Prices vary across states; some consumers squeezed
A council of elders is continuing discussions in Kabul, Afghanistan, about whether to approve a new agreement with the United States that would allow American and allied troops to remain…
This 2005 photo provided by the Palo Alto Weekly shows Merrill Newman, a retired finance executive and Red Cross volunteer who is being held by North Korea.Nicholas Wright/Associated Press “We…
MINNEAPOLIS – A family spokesman says two of the children rescued from a pond after a car veered off a suburban Minneapolis highway ramp are improving. Attorney Rick Petry said…
Tim Berners-Lee, who launched the Web in 1990, made the remarks as he released his World Wide Web Foundation’s annual report tracking the Web’s impact and global censorship. The index…
Conditions are beginning to stabilize in the Philippines, two weeks after Typhoon Haiyan hit the islands, killing more than 5,000 and causing widespread damage in eastern Philippines and displacing thousands…
Israel and Saudi Arabia –unlikely dance partners who both happen to have good relations with Morocco – have been in near lockstep in their outrage over the prospect of a…
GENEVA – Secretary of State John Kerry and foreign ministers of other major powers lent their weight to the Iran nuclear talks after envoys reported progress Friday in marathon negotiations…
Speaking at a security forum, Hagel said energy exploration in the largely untapped Arctic region could heighten international tensions, but that countries must work together to avoid conflict, “We will…
An image provided by the FBI shows Aaron Alexis moving through a hallway of Building #197 at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C., during a shooting spree in September…
The death toll from the rush-hour disaster Thursday evening at the Maxima supermarket in Riga rose to 51 on Friday, including three firefighters, police said. Spokesman Toms Sadovskis said the…
Eric Gay/Associated Press<br><br>The Texas Board of Education is selecting textbooks for the next school year. The board voted to end the requirement that all high school students pass algebra II…
