A son of the late Ammar Badie prays during his father’s funeral in al-Hamed mosque in Cairo’s Katameya district on Sunday. Ammar, who is the son of Muslim Brotherhood’s spiritual…
A month later, across the continent, a larger search unfolded over three days as hundreds of emergency service personnel and volunteers fanned out around Clearlake, Calif., looking for 9-year-old Mikaela…
Pvt. James Roland earned a Purple Heart medal while serving in World War II. The medal was found in June by Goodwill employee Richard Zuehlke while unpacking donations. The medal…
Val Sorensen’s 17-year-old dog “Abby,” right, is blind and going deaf. Sorensen is co-founder of Wigglebutt Warriors, a fundraiser for rescues.Associated Press “She was so sad and depressed, lethargic, sick…
There’s a new urgency to the quest for workplace harmony, as baby boomers delay retirement and work side-by-side with people young enough to be their children – or grandchildren. Put…
President Barack Obama on Thursday arrives to make a statement about the violence in Egypt to media gathered in Chilmark, Mass., where he is vacationing. As Arab Spring democracy uprisings…
Burgess-Peterson Elementary School Principal Robin Robbins, center, meets with students during an after-school study program in Atlanta in preparation for state standardized testing, soon to begin. A new poll from…
A cluster of life rafts floats near the cargo ship Sulpicio Express Siete on Saturday, a day after it collided with a passenger ferry off the waters of Talisay city,…
But as the Navy works to curb alcohol abuse in a push to reduce sexual assaults and other crimes, the days of picking up a bottle of Kahlua along with…
Helicopters battle the 64,000-acre Beaver Creek Fire north of Hailey, Idaho. A number of residential neighborhoods have been evacuated because of the blaze.Ashley Smith/Times-News In northern Utah, several manufactured homes…
Their fate takes center stage during peace talks
Aden Sheikh Abdi was killed by firing squad early Saturday in the capital, Mogadishu, according to Col. Abdullahi Muse Keyse, a spokesman for Somalia’s military court. “His execution is a…
Manager Nick Reynoza holds a 100-watt incandescent light bulb at Royal Lighting in Los Angeles. In the U.S., established utility companies are offering innovative electricity plans to reduce stresses on…
Elvis Presley fans have been coming from across the country to mark the 36th anniversary of the rock n’ roll icon’s death. Fans have been making pilgrimmages to Presley’s home…
New revelations that the National Security Administration has violated privacy rules with its surveillance of Americans is raising new concerns about the NSA programs.Charles Dharapak/Associated Press An internal audit provided…
Ancestors of King Richard III will challenge plans to rebury to English monarch. A court said the family can challenge plans to rebury Richard’s bones, which were found under a…
The sight of residents firing at one another marked a dark turn in the conflict, as civilians armed with pistols and assault rifle clashed with protesters taking part in what…
The Division of Insurance released rates Friday of plans that comply with the health care overhaul. Eighteen insurance companies will offer 541 separate plans for individuals and small groups. For…
The two were among 13 people killed when a gunman opened fire inside a crowded medical building at the sprawling Army post in Texas on Nov. 5, 2009. The accused…
A new government report says child-rearing has increased 23 percent since 1960 even adjusted for inflation. A lot of, the reason has to do with more expensive housing as well…
In this Monday, May 20, 2013 photo, Ruby Macias, is carried from the rubble of Plaza Towers Elementary school following a tornado in Moore, Okla. "There was screaming and crying,"…
Among the initiatives: Ensure the enforcement of policies prohibiting inappropriate relationships between recruiters, instructors and green troops. USA TODAY has reported that the Pentagon has disqualified 60 troops from roles…
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration and Navy are practicing for the first ocean recovery of a space craft since the Apollo program ended in 1975. A new spacecraft NASA…
The Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo is visited by thousands every year to remember the soldiers who died during World War II. The museum at the shrine also glorifies Japan’s wartime…
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, left, is “deeply troubled” by Israel’s expansion of settlements in the West Bank. He made his comments after arriving in Ramallah Thursday for peace talks between…
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration wants to look at how it can continue using the broken Kepler spacecraft. The space agency is stopping efforts to fix the space telescope,…
World condemnation widened for the bloody crackdown Wednesday on Morsi’s mostly Islamist supporters, including an angry response from President Barack Obama, who canceled joint U.S.-Egyptian military maneuvers. Violence spread Thursday,…
Unlike many industry watchers, attorneys for the two airlines said that they were not surprised by the Justice Department’s decision to file a lawsuit challenging the proposed merger. But they…
