But 50 years later, the thousands of people who filled Dealey Plaza weren’t there to cheer but to remember in quiet sadness the young, handsome president with whom Dallas will…
In each case, police are investigating whether the attacks are part of a violent game called “knockout,” where the object is to target unsuspecting pedestrians with the intention of knocking…
Technology experts say the federal government’s health-care insurance website will eventually work, but they expect it will be very expensive and take time to make all the necessary repairs necessary.…
Talks to restrain Iran’s nuclear power program are apparently hanging up over sanctions relief and on language about whether Iran has the right to enrich uranium. EU High Representative for…
The stock market is continuing its strong recent showing, with the Dow Jones industrial average closing above 16,000 for the first time Thursday. Analysts say the bullish market could start…
Because the blast was 3.7 billion light-years away, mankind was spared. But orbiting telescopes got the fireworks show of a lifetime in April. The only bigger display astronomers know of…
Fifty years later, no less than 61 percent of Americans believe others besides Lee Harvey Oswald were involved in Kennedy’s murder, reports the Gallup Poll. This is the lowest percentage…
That’s according to a new government survey. The Obama administration says the drop is due in part to more people getting government vouchers that help pay housing costs. The survey…
WASHINGTON – Rules against making cellphone calls during airline flights are “outdated,” and it’s time to change them, federal regulators said Thursday, drawing immediate howls of protest from flight attendants,…
TRIPOLI, Libya – Militias from a string of Libyan cities left the capital, Tripoli, on Thursday, nearly a week after militiamen killed more than 40 people protesting their presence in…
Speaking before the council, a loya jirga, that he had convened Thursday to ratify the bilateral security agreement, Karzai told them: “If you approve this agreement, I want this agreement…
Prosecutors are appealing a decision to give Michael Skakel, who was convicted in the 1975 slaying of neighbor Martha Moxley, a new trial. Skakel is free on bond now after…
Rep. Henry “Trey” Radel, R-Fla., says he wants “to be a better man,” after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor charge of cocaine possession and being sentenced to a year’s probation.…
Foreign officials say Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s remarks Wedneday that there are “red lines” Iran won’t cross to get an agreement with the United States and other major…
Many consumers like Jocelyn Caple, president of the medical staff at Frisbie Memorial Hospital in Rochester, N.H., is upset that the new health-care program will no longer allow her to…
WASHINGTON – Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday that the U.S. and Afghanistan have agreed on the language of a bilateral security pact that could clear the way for…
An economy hobbled by the recession and 2008 economic crisis played a role in some of the reduced spending growth, officials said, but the report cited “structural change” caused, in…
Foxx told the U.S. Travel Association conference that airports, highways and rail are all becoming more crowded – and the country expects to add 90 million people by 2042. But…
The United States’ moves to try to reach an agreement on Iran’s nuclear program is forging some unusual alliances in the Mideast. Israel and Saudi Arabia, who both oppose any…
President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton pay tribute to President John F. Kennedy at Arlington National Cemetery Wednesday. Kennedy was assassinated 50 years ago Friday. Earlier, Obama president…
An unpublished study for the Air Force, obtained by The Associated Press, cites “burnout” among launch officers with their fingers on the triggers of 450 weapons of mass destruction. Also,…
Pentagon's mapping agency looking to predict disaster areas
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was headed to Moscow today to convince the Kremlin that any deal should force Iran to abide by U.N. Security Council demands that it end…
James Getty, portraying President Abraham Lincoln, helps commemorate the 150th anniversary of the dedication of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery and President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address Tuesday in Gettysburg, Pa.Matt Rourke/Associated…
SANFORD, Fla. – George Zimmerman’s girlfriend said he tried to choke her about a week ago during an altercation that was not initially reported to police, a prosecutor told a…
Although damage estimates are far from final, Sunday’s outbreak could exceed the billion-dollar mark, making it the costliest severe weather event for the insurance industry ever to occur in November,…
Puerto Rican officials are investigating why the bioluminescent Grand Lagoon at the Nature Reserve of Las Cabezas de San Juan near San Juan is going dark. The lagoon is now…
New Jersey is preparing to test its new Internet gaming system which is scheduled to go online next week. The Tropicana Casino and Resort in Atlantic City is using player…
Egyptian revolutionaries are taking to the streets in Egypt to protest both the military government and the Islamist government that was overthrown this year. Egyptian Defense Minister Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi…
