Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif says he believes a deal can be reached this week on Iran’s nuclear program.Martial Trezzini/Associated Press U.S. officials said Secretary of State John Kerry…
WASHINGTON – Furloughing federal workers in last month’s partial federal shutdown cost the government 6.6 million work days, according to a White House budget office report Thursday. Taxpayers will cover…
BEIRUT – Syria’s main Western-backed opposition group is considering an invitation for informal meetings involving Syrian government representatives in Moscow that would focus on establishing humanitarian corridors, opposition figures confirmed…
Telephone lines appeared down as it was difficult to get through to the landfall site 405 miles southeast of Manila where Typhoon Haiyan slammed into a rural area of the…
Education Secretary Arne Duncan, left, says fourth and eighth graders are doing better than their predecessors in math and reading but they are not demonstrating solid academic achievement in either…
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada leads a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday as Democrats gathered after the Senate cut off debate to move toward…
Riley Jeffrey Rieser Miller died early Oct. 31 in the Mississippi River town of Louisiana. A city police officer fired his stun gun at Ryan Miller, 31, as he tried…
The department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration will announce the plan on Thursday as part of a proposed rule that would dramatically change the way companies file safety records, according…
Pentagon budget battles heat up
Even so, heading into a 2014 midterm election year, Tuesday’s results in New Jersey and Virginia carry plenty of warning signs for both parties that despite the voter angst, hyper-partisanship…
WASHINGTON – The number of poor people in America is 3 million higher than the official count, encompassing 1 in 6 residents stemming from out-of-pocket medical costs and work-related expenses,…
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, center, admits the government’s HealthCare.gov website is still “not where we need to be,” but says the Affordable Care Act is providing Americans…
U.S. citizen William Potts is hoping U.S. prosecutors will give him credit for time he served in Cuba for hijacking a plane to Cuba in 1984. Potts returned to the…
A new report from Swiss scientists lends credence to reports that Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was poisoned with a radioactive material. The study says it found “unexpectedly high levels” of…
Afghan officials are upset that the U.S. is destroying military equipment and other items as its military forces prepare to withdraw from the country rather than leaving it with Afghanistan.…
CAIRO – A court in Egypt upheld Wednesday an earlier ruling that banned the Muslim Brotherhood and ordered its assets confiscated, the state news agency reported. The decision moves forward…
The space rock that crashed into the Earth over Chelyabinsk, Russia, last winter is causing scientists to rethink how much of a threat space rocks pose to the planet. Scientists…
The Supreme Court is taking another look at laws allowing prayers at the beginning of public meetings. Two residents of Greece, N.Y., are suing over the town’s invocations, which a…
The campaign over Initiative 522 has been one of the costliest initiative fights in state history, drawing millions of dollars from out of state. Early polling showed voters favored the…
TEANECK, N.J. – Relatives and friends of a young man who fired shots in New Jersey’s largest mall, trapping terrified shoppers for hours before killing himself, struggled Tuesday to reconcile…
Democrat Terry McAuliffe leaves won election Tuesday as Virginia’s new governor. McAuliffe edged out tea party candidate Ken Cuccinelli.Jacquelyn Martin/Associated Press McAuliffe’s victory in the key swing state was an…
With 95 percent of the votes counted, unofficial totals showed Walsh with 51 percent to 49 percent for Connolly. Connolly conceded Tuesday evening. Turnout was brisk Tuesday as voters cast…
Bill de Blasio is the first Democratic candidate to be elected mayor of New York City since 1989. De Blasio will replace Michael Bloomberg, who has been mayor of the…
One of the most important changes requires airlines to provide better training on how to prevent and recover from an aerodynamic stall, in which a plane slows to the point…
Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie won re-election Tuesday night, paving the way for a possible presidential run in 2016. Christie is with his wife, Mary Pat.Mel Evans/Associated Press The…
Police say Richard Shoop left an ambiguous note with his family before he fired shots inside the Garden State Plaza Mall late Monday. Shoop was found dead of a self-inflicted…
Houston voters are deciding Tuesday whether to approve a $217 million bond package to convert the now closed Astrodome into a convention center.Pat Sullivan/Associated Press Voters on Tuesday did not…
New Yorkers chose Bill de Blasio as mayor, electing the first Democrat since 1989. In other, widely scattered off-year balloting, Houston rejected a plan to turn Astrodome into a convention…
Attorney General Eric Holder, left, believes initiatives like the federal “Smart on Crime” can help reduce prison costs and recidivism rates for former inmates by providing parolees assistance and support…
