In the first extensive public show of support since anti-government protests erupted last week, more than 10,000 supporters cheered Erdogan with rapturous applause outside Istanbul’s international airport Friday.Thanassis Stavrakis/Associated Press…
Congress blasts training conference, ‘Star Trek’ parody
Tropical Storm Andrea was not expected to strengthen into a hurricane but forecasters warned it could cause isolated flooding and storm surge before it loses steam over the next two…
The 55-million-year-old fossil dug up in central China is one of our first primate relatives and it gives scientists a better understanding of the complex evolution that eventually led to…
The oldest licensed driver in New Zealand, and one of the oldest in the world, has been driving for 88 of his 105 years and has no plans to give…
Children awaiting lung transplants put on adult list
The officials said the deadliest attacks took place late at night when a suicide attacker rammed his explosives-laden car into the headquarters of a police commando unit in the Taji…
At issue is a court order, first disclosed Wednesday by The Guardian newspaper in Britain, that requires the communications company Verizon to turn over on an “ongoing, daily basis” the…
The measure approved Wednesday by the House Armed Services Committee also requires that anyone found guilty of rape or sexual assault receive a punishment that includes, at a minimum, a…
Whereas drones are often criticized elsewhere for being morally and legally objectionable, in Israel they are a source of pride. Israel – a pioneer of drone technology – has emerged…
Southern Baptists may sever ties with organization
Thousands of people have been forced from their homes after heavy rainfall caused flooding along rivers and lakes in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Czech Republic and Hungary.Jens Meyer/Associated Press Tens…
Florida Lottery officials made the announcement Wednesday after Gloria C. Mackenzie came forward to claim the prize. They say Mackenzie took the single lump-sum payment of about $370.9 million before…
Witnesses said they had been watching the demolition site in Philadelphia and questioned how workers were handling the job. One witness said he suspected a collapse was inevitable because of…
People of all ages, backgrounds come together over gov’t actions
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told a congressional panel Tuesday that medical experts should make those decisions. However, relatives of 10-year-old Sarah Murnaghan said Sebelius’ remarks confused them…
One of the pretrial hearings was closed to the public. Many court documents have been withheld or heavily redacted. Photographers were blocked from getting a good shot of the soldier…
The complaints shed fresh light on dissatisfactions roiling this critical arm of the Air Force, an undercurrent that has captured the attention of the service’s leaders. Key themes among the…
U.S. military officials admit they failed to take action
The National Weather Service on Tuesday announced that the twister that hit El Reno was a top-of-the-scale EF5 twister – the second to strike the area in less than two…
Experts caution that evidence leaves doubt
Government offers apology, but sends out water cannons
The ACLU’s analysis of federal crime data, released Tuesday, found marijuana arrest rates for black people were 3.73 times greater than those for white people nationally in 2010. In some…
The message was a bit mixed, however, as hundreds of riot police deployed with water cannons around the prime minister’s office in the capital of Ankara. Bulent Arinc, who is…
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie listens to a question during a news conference Tuesday in Trenton, N.J. Christie said Tuesday that he wants to hold a special election in October…
Maj. Nidal Hasan did not elaborate when announcing he would use a “defense of others” strategy, which requires defendants to prove they were protecting other people from imminent danger. Military…
This Sunday photo shows Syrian rebels making bread in the town of Qusair, near the Lebanon border, Homs province, Syria. Cut off for three weeks by a regime siege, doctors…
The death toll in Afghanistan has surged in the last two weeks. Violence has killed 125 Afghan civilians and injured 287, a 24 percent increase in casualties from the same…
