In a moment rich with history and symbolism, tens of thousands of Americans of all backgrounds and colors thronged to the National Mall to join the nation’s first black president…
Jae C. Hong/Associated press<br><br>Firefighters gained some ground Tuesday against the huge wildfire burning forest lands in the western Sierra Nevada, including parts of Yosemite National Park.du1-i-syn Incident commander Mike Wilkins…
Associated Press file photo<br><br>A military jury Wednesday sentenced Maj. Nidal Hasan to death for the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood that killed 13 people and wounded more than 30…
Thousands flee country; Israel braces for possibility of retaliation
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said that launching a military strike without seeking approval from the United Nations Security Council would cause “new suffering and catastrophic consequences for other…
Michael Morrell, Obama’s former CIA deputy director, will serve on the panel, the White House said. Morrell temporarily ran the agency after former CIA Director David Petraeus resigned, but was…
Broad command and control and artillery and missile launchers, which can fire conventional or chemical weapons, will likely be targeted, analysts said. The Pentagon will probably avoid targeting stockpiles, which…
Mohammed el-Beltagy’s address, which aired Tuesday, comes as the Brotherhood plans new demonstrations to defy a crippling security crackdown that has put most of its senior and mid-level leadership behind…
Molly Riley/Associated Pressfile photo then-Labor Secretary Thomas Perez says a new government policy to encourage businesses to The rules, announced Tuesday by the Labor Department, will require most government contractors…
Secretary of State John Kerry says the U.S. has evidence that Syria’s Bashar Assad used chemical weapons on civilians. The U.S. appears to be moving toward launching some kind of…
Fort Hood gunman Maj. Nidal Hasan, center, refused to address jurors who were hearing evidence in the punishment phase of Hasan’s trial for killing 13 people in a rampage at…
Chairs, metal risers and video screens are ready for Wednesday’s celebrations to mark the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech. President Obama was 2…
The U.S. and international partners were unlikely to undertake military action before Thursday. That’s when British Prime Minister David Cameron will convene an emergency meeting of Parliament where lawmakers are…
Attorney David Coombs told The Associated Press that Manning had known for a long time she would make such a statement, but “she wanted, essentially, for the media surrounding the…
Central American migrant workers said they were threatened and extorted by armed men while riding atop a cargo train to try to make it to the United States. The train…
The decision by the Interior Department comes after Western lawmakers and governors pressed the Obama administration to restore the money, derived primarily from payments by companies for oil and gas…
The proposal comes after the military rounded up hundreds of Muslim Brotherhood leaders and other Islamists in the wake of the country’s worst bout of violence, which followed the Aug.…
Flames from the Rim Fire in Yosemite National Park are threatening San Francisco’s main water supply, the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir. California’s largest wildfire ever is moving closer toward the reservoir…
President Barack Obama Monday awarded the Medal of Honor to Army Staff Sgt. Ty Carter for actions taken to rescue an injured soldier and resupply other soldiers during a battle…
Kerrydu1-i-syn The White House started reaching out to congressional leaders Monday, including House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said Brendan Buck, a Boehner spokesman. “The speaker made clear that before any…
Mayor, activists want to use eminent domain
Devon Campbell Newman, shown, and Allen Brutsche, were arrested in Las Vegas. They planned to kill police officers in an effort to bring attention to the “soverign citizens” movement.Las Vegas…
Tesla founder proposes plans for Calif. public transportation
Alan Russell, chairman of the Schaghticoke tribe, walks in the burial ground on tribal land in Kent, Conn. Rusell is in favor of a rule change proposed by the Bureau…
White House official: ‘Too late to be credible’
Problems monitoring equipment have been cited for decades in crashes and could have played a role in two recent fatal crashes. Mechanical problems weren’t immediately found as causes. An Asiana…
Of course, for the victims of the savage EF-5 tornado that blasted Moore, Okla., in May, the season was anything but quiet. That violent tornado killed 24 people as it…
Dara Van Antwerp, school resource officer at Panther Run Elementary School in Pembroke Pines, Fla., walks the hallways of the school where she teaches in the Gang Resistance And Drug…
The ACLU released a copy of the state Department of Corrections execution protocol, which it obtained after filing a lawsuit against the department. The protocol, which was heavily redacted, included…
