The Arkansas attorney general has said Clarksville School District cannot arm teachers and janitors. The school district had been training to have armed teachers this year to prevent school shootings.Danny…
Secretary of State John Kerry was backing away from comments he made Thursday suggesting the United States backs the military coup that deposed Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi.Jason Reed/Associated Press The…
The measure, symbolic because of the certainty that it will be ignored by the Democratic-led Senate, was approved by a near party-line 232-185 vote. The legislation married two of the…
Employers added 162,000 in July, pushing the nation’s unemployment rate down to 7.4 percent, the U.S. Labor Department said Friday. Despite the improvements, the department noted that many of the…
Deputy Inspector General Mary Kendall said Ashe and other high-level officials ignored months of “pointed discussions and stern warnings” about the complaints. Three biologists who reported scientific misconduct had their…
“His presence here creates additional problems in Russia-U.S. relations,” said Alexander Konovalov, president of the Moscow-based Institute of Strategic Studies and Analysis. “As long as Snowden is here, we won’t…
Congress is set to head home for summer vacation with few accomplishments to show for its efforts so far this session. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., right, and…
Secretary of State John Kerry is visiting Pakistan for the first time since taking over the secretary’s post. He told Pakistani TV that he doesn’t want U.S.-Pakistani bilateral ties to…
The White House and congressional leaders, including Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York, spoke out against Russia on Thursday after the country granted National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden temporary…
Safety officials have long sought the equipment to prevent collisions like the recent crash in Spain, where a speeding train derailed and killed 79 people. Investigators found the train was…
Ariel Castro told a Cleveland judge he is “not a monster. I’m sick” during a sentencing hearing Thursday where he was sentenced to life without parole plus 1,000 years for…
National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden left the Sheremetyevo airport in Moscow Thursday shortly after Russia granted the American temporary asylum, Snowden’s lawyer, Anatoly Kucherena, said.Associated Press Snowden’s whereabouts will…
Solomon Hsiang of the University of California, Berkeley, says as the world gets warmer, people are more prone to get hot under the collar. He points to the collapse of…
The Chicago Democrat will center his remarks on military veterans – something that’s been a focus in his governorship – and the chronically ill. He’ll also tout how the standards…
Ariel Castro, who pleaded guilty to 937 counts related to kidnapping and raping three women he kept imprisoned for years at his home, is to be sentenced today.Tony Dejak/Associated Press…
World War II veterans who took part in an air assault on “Hitler’s gas station” in 1943 are meeting in Dayton, Ohio, for a reunion marking the 70th anniversary of…
The text of a dummy speech — prepared as part of a war game exercise in the spring of 1983 to spell out possible Cold War scenarios — was released…
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is warning that budget cuts scheduled to take effect next year could force the Pentagon to sharply reduce the size of the Army and Marine Corps…
More Afghani civilians are being killed and wounded as the U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan pulls its forces out of the country. A U.N. agency blamed most of the casualties on…
Filner’s lawyer Harvey Berger made the argument in a letter to City Attorney Jan Goldsmith one day before the City Council voted unanimously to deny Filner funds for his legal…
“These findings are especially hard to stomach since so many Americans today are sick of being groped, interrogated and treated like criminals when passing through checkpoints,” said Rep. Jeff Duncan,…
An appeals court Tuesday ruled that New York City’s ban on large soft drink sales in restaurants was unconstitutional. Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the city would appeal the ruling.Seth Wenig/Associated…
Jia M. Tian, 58, was ordered held without bail pending hearing on charges that she vandalized several buildings and monuments in Washington, D.C., including the Washington National Cathedral’s historic Bethlehem…
Former Sen. Harry F. Byrd Jr., the Democrat-turned-independent who began his career as a staunch segregationist and preached fiscal restraint in Washington long before it became fashionable, died Tuesday. He…
While that’s a big number, the report from the official budget scorekeeper for Congress also put the administration’s recent move within a wider perspective. Overall, the delay for employers and…
Israelis, Palestinians hope to OK peace agreement in nine months
The number of misconduct cases rose to 3,408 last year from 2,691 in 2010, according to the Government Accountability Office. Nearly one-third (32 percent) of the cases involved attendance and…
European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton says deposed Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi is “well.” She met with Morsi on Monday after the government allowed the ousted president to have…
