Passengers in a public bus flash victory signs in support of Iranian presidential candidate Hasan Rowhani, who was declared the winner of Iran’s presidential vote Saturday after gaining the votes…
Protesters demonstrate against western intervention in Syria, outside the U.S. embassy in central London on Saturday.Lefteris Pitarakis/Associated Press The U.S. and Russia have been pressing for a peace conference in…
Daniel Green, a graduate student in the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University, was getting help last week from the Beartooth Ranger District to fill 13 55-gallon barrels…
Automakers have been trying to excite new-car buyers, especially younger ones, with dashboard infotainment systems that let drivers use voice commands to do things such as turning on windshield wipers,…
Whole Foods Market Inc. Co-CEO Walter Robb said in a blog post Friday that the recent “unfortunate incident” in Albuquerque prompted the Austin, Texas-based company to revise a policy that…
Strong turnout suggests liberals did not stay home
In May, U.S. District Judge Murray Snow concluded that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s office has systematically singled out Latinos in its immigration patrols and that deputies unreasonably prolonged the…
The parachutists seemed to float in the air for a few minutes, then swooped down and landed about 20 feet from the applauding crowd, which had come to take part…
Michael Karkoc, 94, told American authorities in 1949 that he had performed no military service during World War II, concealing his work as an officer and founding member of the…
Under Friday’s deal, trade ministers at a meeting in Luxembourg agreed to France’s demand to keep its movie and television industry out of the hotly anticipated trans-Atlantic talks. But, they…
More Greek yogurt production has meant more whey, a watery byproduct from the process. Yogurt makers commonly ship it back to farms for use as feed and fertilizer, but it’s…
Anti-Syrian regime protesters flash the victory sign during a demonstration in Hass town, Idlib province, northern Syria, Friday. The U.S. recently decided to arm Syrian rebels, a move the commander…
Must mesh with Senate version before being signed
The legislation, which challenges the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision on a woman’s right to abortion, would ban almost all abortions after a fetus reaches the age of…
Ignoring a White House veto threat, the Republican-controlled House voted 315-108 for the legislation, which would block President Barack Obama from closing the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba,…
By voice vote, the House approved the additional punishment as part of a series of steps lawmakers have taken to tackle the growing problem of sexual assault. The provisions are…
The former secretary of state offered her most extensive description of her post-Obama administration agenda on Thursday since leaving her role as the nation’s top diplomat, basking in loud applause…
The severe weather was also blamed for two deaths. The storm came and went in the Washington, D.C., area ahead of the evening rush hour, bringing winds and thunder that…
The regulation bans activities on the court’s grounds or building such as picketing, speech-making, marching, vigils or religious services “that involve the communication or expression of views or grievances, engaged…
This makes 2012 the second-costliest year since 1980. It had a total of more than $110 billion in damage throughout the year. Only 2005 was costlier, when Hurricane Katrina hit…
The talks between Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erogan and the protesters were an effort to resolve a sit-in at Taksim Square’s Gezi Park without resorting to a police intervention to…
These two milestones, revealed in 2012 census estimates released Thursday, are the latest signs of a historic shift in which whites will become a minority within a generation, by 2043.…
Lawmakers say America less safe since Snowden’s disclosures
This photo shows an explosion at The Williams Companies Inc. plant in the Ascension Parish town of Geismar La., Thursday. The fire broke out Thursday morning at the plant, which…
The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the ongoing investigation, said the semi-automatic weapon appears to have been built with parts that are legal to obtain, but…
A Syrian woman cries near Dar El Shifa hospital while the body of her brother, killed by Syrian Army, lies on the street in Aleppo, Syria. After the Obama administration…
