U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl’s mother, Jani Bergdahl, spoke to about 2,000 people gathered in Hailey, his hometown, in a city park where he played as a toddler and little…
Ashley Cote leads hundreds of marchers during a protest against Monsanto in Montpelier, Vt. on May 25. The Agriculture Department is investigating the discovery of genetically modified wheat in an…
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Saturday that the Taliban’s opening of a new office, illustrated here, in Doha, Qatar, was an important step toward reconciliation that should not…
An “Apple 1” prototype computer, built in 1976, is accompanied by an operation manual and schematic, as well as a photo of its inventors, Steve Wozniak, left, and Steve Jobs.…
Special operations forces from Iraq, Jordan and the U.S. conduct an exercise as part of Eager Lion multinational military maneuvers at the King Abdullah Special Operations Training Center in Amman,…
Farfetched? Not as much as you might think. The scenario would become conceivable if legislation passed by Missouri’s Republican-led Legislature is signed into law by Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon. The…
The Northern Arapaho Tribe raised concerns after the agreement was announced Thursday between the EPA, Wyoming and Encana Corp., owner of the Pavillion gas field. The Arapaho and the Eastern…
This “supermoon” rose behind the Temple of Poseidon in Cape Sounion, Greece, southeast of Athens on May 5, 2012. The phenomenon occurs when the moon passes closer to Earth than…
According to a Department of Justice official on Friday, a criminal complaint has been filed against Edward Snowden in the NSA surveillance case.THE GUARDAIN/Associated Press Snowden, believed to be holed…
Sen. John Hoeven, N.D., spoke about his amendment to an immigration-reform bill Friday in Washington. Hoeven and Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., are pushing to increase border security with an increase…
An industry-labor advisory committee was supposed to make recommendations next month to the Federal Aviation Administration on easing the restrictions. But the agency said in a statement Friday the deadline…
Egyptian men kiss a picture of President Mohammed Morsi at a rally Friday in Cairo, Egypt. The rally was in support of Morsi.MANY BARBO/Associated Press Adding to the combustible mix,…
What the couple got in the mail instead on Thursday would make an identify thief giddy: the confidential files of about 20 former employees, including Social Security numbers and W4…
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., says the Internal Revenue Service’s targeting of conservative groups’ applications for tax-exempt status is just one example of the government attacking free speech…
‘A global health problem of epidemic proportions’
There’s 50, 12, 10 and four. You also hear 20 and 90 in statements and official testimony, and even 702 and 215, though those aren’t for estimates of plots. The…
Arizona Rep. Raul Grijalva, the ranking Democrat on the House Natural Resources subcommittee on public lands and environmental regulation, wrote the letter appealing to Jewell “as a conservationist and outdoor…
“The church has waged the culture war, and it’s time to put the weapons down,” Alan Chambers told The Associated Press on Thursday, hours after announcing his decision at Exodus’…
Republican lawmakers are skeptical that the trend will continue, but they’ve been unable to agree on a solution to a problem that has become a major headache for the Obama…
The EPA is standing by its findings, but state officials will lead further investigation into the pollution in the Pavillion area. The area has been a focus of the debate…
Comey is perhaps best known for a remarkable 2004 standoff over a no-warrant wiretapping program at the hospital bed of Attorney General John Ashcroft. Comey rushed to the side of…
Justice Department lawyer Mark Ryan said the government had proven overwhelmingly through testimony and evidence offered at a three-week trial in U.S. District Court in Manhattan that Apple conspired with…
Prosecutors have said Zimmerman, 29, racially profiled the 17-year-old Martin as he walked back from a convenience store on Feb. 26, 2012, in the rain, wearing a dark hooded shirt.…
Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., center, speaks at a news conference hosted by the Tea Party Patriots to oppose the Senate immigration reform bill, Thursday, June 20, 2013, on Capitol Hill…
More than 60 cases of what is now called MERS (Middle East respiratory syndrome), including 38 deaths, have been recorded by the World Health Organization in the last year, mostly…
Afghanistan’s Karzai objects to militants opening office in Qatar
