Firefighters, lower center, stand by a tarpaulin sheet covering the body of a Chinese teen struck by a fire truck during the emergency response to the crash of Asiana Flight…
Well-wishers celebrate Nelson Mandela’s 95th birthday on Thursday outside the gates of the Mediclinic Heart Hospital where the former South African president is being treated in Pretoria, South Africa.Ben Curtis/Associated…
Robert Seldon Lady, the former CIA chief in Milan, entered Panama, crossed the border into Costa Rica and was sent back to Panama where he was detained, according to an…
Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, wasn’t satisfied with the bipartisan agreement on student loans Thursday and said the issue would be revisited this fall in the Senate Education Committee.J. Scott Applewhite/Associated…
Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said systems administrators like Snowden must now work with a colleague when accessing sensitive, compartmented intelligence – the kind Snowden leaked to the media. The…
Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky arrives at the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa., in January for a post-sentence proceeding. Penn State trustee Ted Brown told…
“I visited him yesterday and he was watching television with headphones,” said Zindzi Mandela in an interview with Britain’s Sky TV. “He gave us a huge smile and raised his…
House GOP fails 38th time to repeal or scale back law
The Muslim Brotherhood, from which Morsi hails, has rejected the new political order and demanded the reinstatement of Egypt’s first democratically elected president two weeks after he was toppled by…
The sheriff’s office spent almost 10 times that amount – $320,000 – on total costs related to the trial, including overtime and equipment. During their three weeks of sequestration, jurors…
Lawmakers and supporters of the left wing opposition party Syriza who exited the parliament building to support anti-austerity protesters, shout slogans during a protest in front of the Greek parliament…
He proposed Wednesday to tweak the building code to promote using stairs, including by requiring new buildings and major renovations to have a stairway open for non-emergency use and by…
Iraqi Journalist Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, right, addresses a United Nations Security Council meeting on the meeting on the protection of civilians in armed conflict and the protection of journalists on Wednesday…
Designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, the complex will be “a light-radiating work of art” when it opens sometime in 2015, trade center construction director Steven Plate said during a…
The nationally syndicated radio personality and philanthropist says he was touched by Jeantel, who spent two days testifying in the trial of George Zimmerman about her last conversation with her…
On Wednesday, Cuba repeated its opposition to the United States’ so-called wet-foot, dry-foot policy in which Cuban refugees reaching American soil are allowed to stay while those stopped at sea…
Danielsdu1-i-syn INDIANAPOLIS – Purdue University President Mitch Daniels on Wednesday denied trying to quash academic freedom while serving as Indiana’s governor, a day after an Associated Press report cited emails…
From left to right, Deputy Attorney General James Cole, Robert S. Litt, general counsel in the Office of Director of National Intelligence, National Security Agency Deputy Director John C. Inglis,…
NASA/Associated Press <br><br>In this image from video made available by NASA, astronauts discuss the aborted spacewalk aboard the International Space Station on Tuesday. A dangerous water leak in the helmet…
Holder said he was concerned about the case of Trayvon Martin, in which George Zimmermann was acquitted of second-degree murder and manslaughter charges, and said the Justice Department has an…
The changes came at a time of deep polarization and violence in Egypt, including new clashes that killed seven people as part of the continuing bloodshed that has marked the…
“We cannot allow a small group of individuals to not only damage the community, strike fear in the community but also distort the message of so many in this community…
Russia’s state RIA Novosti news agency is quoting lawyer Anatoly Kucherena as saying that National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden has asked for a temporary asylum in Russia.Alexander Zemlianichenko/Associated Press…
Nearly all 100 senators attended the rare closed-door meeting in the Capitol’s Old Senate Chamber, just down the hall from where they normally debate the issues of the day with…
On Syria’s front lines, rebels fighting to topple President Bashar Assad have turned against each other in a fight between al-Qaida-linked groups, such as these fighters from al-Qaida affiliated Jabhat…
A bill introduced in Congress recently would “endow the artifacts as a National Historic Park, thereby asserting unquestioned ownership rights over the Apollo lunar landing artifacts.” U.S. Rep. Donna Edwards,…
Attorney General Eric Holder speaks at the Delta Sigma Thetas Social Action luncheon, part of the sorority’s 51st National Convention in Washington on Monday. Holder said the killing of Trayvon…
