President Barack Obama says he believes the proposal Western nations are negotiating with Iran will give the U.S. and its negotiating partners a chance to halt Iran’s nuclear program while…
“Complicated technology systems frequently don’t work as they expect them to,” Robert Litt, general counsel for the Director of National Intelligence, told a conference at the Georgetown University Law Center.…
A Washington Post/ABC News poll says 55 percent of respondents now disapprove of Obama’s performance, the worst rating of his presidency; 44 percent “strongly disapprove” of the way Obama is…
This photograph provided by Bonhams auction house shows the “Montana Dueling Dinosaurs,” fossils of two dinosaurs discovered on a Montana ranch in 2006. The fossils failed to sell at an…
The United States and Afghanistan are hammering out final language for an agreement that would allow U.S. troops to remain in Afghanistan after next year. Afghani students protest before a…
ROME – The Vatican on Tuesday unveiled newly restored frescoes in the Catacombs of Priscilla, known for housing the earliest known image of the Madonna with Child – and frescoes…
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Creigh Deeds campaigns with his son Gus in Halifax, Va., in 2009. Deeds is hospitalized with stab wounds, and his son was found shot in the state…
Thousands of people are expected to visit Gettysburg, Pa., this week to mark the 150th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s famous speech.Matt Rourke/Associated Press President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address –…
The Supreme Court says it won’t take hear a request to stop the National Security Administration from collecting records of U.S. citizens. Documents released Monday show the agency reported to…
He says the error-riddled HealthCare.gov website can’t be the only way for people to purchase insurance through new exchanges. He says it turns out that purchasing insurance is complicated and…
Eight members of an extended family found stabbed to death early Sunday were not victims of organized crime and may have been killed by someone they knew, Chihuahua state officials…
NASA’s Maven spacecraft will try to find clues about why the planet changed from being wet and warm to the cold and dry planet it is now. The Maven lifted…
The United Nations’ top climate expert, Christiana Figueres, says the coal industry needs to “do a major, major rethink” about focusing on reducing carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere. The…
WASHINGTON, Ill. – When a cluster of violent thunderstorms began marching across the Midwest, forecasters were able to draw a bright line on a map showing where the worst of…
The accord, which is to be presented to a gathering of Afghan tribal elders this week, satisfies Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s demand for an end to controversial night raids by…
JPMorgan Chase & Co. is near an agreement with the U.S. government to settle an investigation into the bank’s sale of mortgage-backed securities that collapsed in value during the final…
Tripoli residents are welcoming government troops who have moved into the streets of the capital to drive militia groups out of the city. Militias have been creating fiefdoms throughout the…
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn is aid to tornado victims in the state. A wave of late-season thunderstorms struck 12 states Sunday, killing eight people. Illinois was the hardest hit state,…
Syrian displaced children play outside their tents at a Syrian refugee camp, at Delhamiyeh village in the Bekaa valley, eastern Lebanon. Thousands of refugees are fleeing border towns in central…
Americans not always welcome presence in Asia
Times hard for president, maybe worse for Congress
CHICAGO – Intense thunderstorms and tornadoes swept across the Midwest on Sunday, causing extensive damage in several central Illinois communities, killing at least two people and even prompting officials at…
Such studies, including one published Monday, another slated for today and others in the pipeline, take online dating research into the realm of actual behavior by analyzing anonymous data provided…
Closely watched elections this month in Virginia and New Jersey did little to resolve the growing struggle between tea partiers and the Republican establishment. Now, some of the sharpest infighting…
City eyes eminent domain to fight foreclosure IRVINGTON, N.J. – Irvington, N.J., is moving forward with plans to become the second municipality in the nation to use eminent domain to…
Copts wondering if discrimination will persist
TRIPOLI, Libya – Soldiers and government-affiliated militias stormed a military base occupied by gunmen in Libya’s capital Saturday, sparking fresh fighting that left four dead a day after a deadly…
