Gergi, who moved to the United States in 1988 from Syria, is one of thousands of immigrants from the embattled country now closely watching the dramatic daily developments. Some say…
ATHENS, Greece – Suicides increased by 45 percent during the first four years of Greece’s financial crisis, a mental health aid group said Tuesday, warning there are indications of a…
Matthew Cordle is expected to be arraigned today on charges of aggravated vehicular homicide stemming from a fatal car crash that took place on June 22. Cordle admitted in an…
An Indian court convicted four men on all 11 counts in connection with the gang rape of a young woman on a New Delhi bus last year. The men, who…
Close to 60 percent of Americans oppose the NSA’s collection of data on telephone and Internet usage. A similar majority opposes the legal process supervised by a secret federal court…
Experts say securing Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal would be a complicated and lengthy process, made more difficult by deep lack of trust between the United States and Syria. Syria is…
The issue has taken on greater urgency now that Colorado and Washington have become the first states to legalize recreational use of marijuana. Currently, processing money from marijuana sales puts…
President Barack Obama is backing a plan to have the United Nations hold talks to get Syria to turn over its chemical weapons stockpiles.J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press Seizing on that…
President Barack Obama blended the threat of military action against Syria with the hope of a diplomatic solution in a speech to the nation Tuesday night.Evan Vucci/Associated Press Speaking from…
Iranian President Hasan Rouhani’s government is encouraging Cabinet members to open their Facebook pages to the public in an effort to make the government more open and accountable to Iran’s…
Homeland Security Department officials seized David House’s computer, cellphone, digital camera and thumb drive when the computer programmer returned from a trip to Mexico. The case highlights how the government…
But as the nation marks Wednesday’s 40th anniversary of the coup led by Gen. Augusto Pinochet, Allende’s legacy is thriving. A socialist is poised to reclaim the presidency and a…
It sounds like one of those insurance horror stories President Barack Obama told to sell his health overhaul to Congress, but Veals wasn’t in the clutches of a profit-driven company.…
The Egyptian military is targeting militant hideouts in the Sinai. About 20 militants have been captured and another 20 killed in the three-day offensive.Hassan Ammar/Associated Press Explosions rocked el-Mahdiya and…
Nonprofits, churches and other groups are rushing to hire more people to help explain the ins and outs of the new health exchanges to people trying to sign up for…
The second annual World Happiness Report, released Monday, finds the highest levels of happiness in Denmark, Norway, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Sweden, all in northern Europe. The lowest ranked were…
An international commission is suggesting that the National Security Agency may have information in its file that could shed light on what happened to U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold in 1961.…
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says it is unlikely that Syria would agree to turn over its chemical weapons stockpiles to the international community. Kerry suggested earlier Monday that…
“It’s fair to say I haven’t decided,” Obama told NBC News, one of six television interviews conducted at the White House. Obama also told network anchors he is aware of…
Obama’s aide says evidence of chemical strike is strong
Demonstrators kiss near the Russian embassy in Prague on Sunday. About a hundred gay-rights supporters carried placards, wore special T-shirts and badges and chanted slogans outside the Russian embassy to…
“If I had a penny every time I’ve heard, ‘This is a-MAZE-ing,’ I’d certainly be rich by now,” he says with a chuckle. During the last couple of months, Day…
The nation’s oldest school system has joined a program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture that has spread to 10 states and the District of Columbia that offers students two…
Whatever evidence the government has, it says is classified
Gary Berton, former president of the Thomas Paine National Historical Association, stands next to a Paine monument in New Rochelle, N.Y. The association’s once-endangered collection of about 300 Paine-related pieces…
Shellie Zimmerman said in the petition that her husband should pay the premiums on the policy because he “has the financial ability to obtain such life insurance at reasonable rates.”…
Miss America 2011, Teresa Scanlan, who is now attending Patrick Henry College in Purcellville, Va., gives an interview at the campus coffee shop. The ultra-conservative college that caters to home-schoolers…
A crowd of job seekers attends a health care job fair in New York in March. The economy has added jobs for 35 consecutive months and unemployment is at a…
Japanese supporters of the Tokyo Bid 2020 team celebrate in Tokyo early Sunday morning upon learning Tokyo won the bid to host the 2020 Olympics. Tokyo competed with Madrid and…
