Documents obtained Monday quote the mother of John Zawahri describing his father as verbally abusive and controlling during their marriage. The father sought divorce in 1993, and his mother was…
George Zimmerman, left, talks to Seminole County Investigator Robert Hemmert in Seminole circuit court during a pretrial hearing, in Sanford, Fla., on Saturday afternoon. Zimmerman has been charged with second-degree…
A senior Lebanese military official says clashes have erupted outside the Iranian embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, between protesters opposing Hezbollah’s participation in the Syrian war and unidentified locals, and one…
Lawyers and consultants walked gingerly on piles of debris, indicating to photographers and videographers what they wanted documented. Meanwhile, other consultants on a hoist far above scanned the site where…
The two-day meeting starting Wednesday will focus on stalled cooperation projects, including the resumption of operations at a jointly run factory park near the border in North Korea that was…
For the second time in three days, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper took the rare step of declassifying some details of an intelligence program to respond to media reports…
In 50 years, huge strides made in gay-rights movement
Santa Monica gunman was ready to fire 1,300 rounds
A surfer rides a wave in front of the San Onofre nuclear power plant Friday in San Onofre, Calif. The troubled power plant on the California coast is closing after…
Boston Marathon runner, John Young, left, talks to Paul DiLorenzo at the Merrimack Valley Striders’ dinner and meeting in Lawrence, Mass. Young, a 4-foot-4 dwarf, was the guest speaker at…
Peter Johnson, director of the Mass General Hospital’s Russell Museum, left, talks with Mimi Leveque, a freelance conservator, about Padihershef, a 2,500-year-old Egyptian mummy at Mass General Hospital in Boston.…
The clothing on a body discovered in the Des Moines River on Friday matches what 15-year-old Kathlynn Shepard was wearing when she was abducted more than two weeks ago.Mary Chind/The…
The newly wed Princess Madeleine of Sweden and her husband, New York banker Christopher O’Neill, arrive at Drottningholms castle after their wedding ceremony at the royal chapel in Stockholm on…
Los Angeles veterinarian Douglas Kramer puts cannabis oil on his dog Mason’s skin. Mason has had multiple surgeries to remove cancerous growths.Associated Press Today, at age 12, he plays like…
The 175,000 jobs employers added last month were the latest evidence that the economy could be poised for stronger growth in coming months despite tax increases and government spending cuts.…
One suspect dies, another in custody
A bill requiring that authorization is sitting on the Republicans desk after moving through the statehouse. If Branstad signs it, Iowa is likely to be the only state that would…
Hezbollah has helped tip the balance of power to Assad
The attacks follow the deadliest two months in Iraq in half a decade, raising fears the country is descending into a renewed wave of widespread killing like the one that…
Mexico City Mayor Miguel Angel Mancera said the attack appeared to be aimed at two brothers who were exercising at the gym and another man who was with them. A…
Speaking on a Saudi TV station, Sheik Mohammed el-Zoghbi called on young men in Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Kuwait, Jordan, Yemen, to go to Syria to fight. We must all…
It might even have rattled the nations grand ambitions on the world stage, which include a bid to host the 2020 Olympics and its long-standing aim to join the European…
This photo released on Friday June 7,2013 shows convicted killer Richard Ramirez as seen in this June 15, 2007 photo in San Quentin State Prison in Marine County, Calif. California…
