It is the latest in a steady stream of sex scandals to hit the military this month as it grapples with what Pentagon brass call a crisis. Two weeks ago,…
British forensic officers investigate the scene of an apparent attack that left one man confirmed dead and two people wounded near Woolwich barracks in London.Alastair Grant/Associated Press In a shocking…
Ibragim Todashev, a 27-year-old mixed martial arts fighter, was fatally shot at his Orlando townhouse during a meeting with an FBI agent and two Massachusetts state troopers, authorities said. The…
The head of a typical large public company made $9.7 million in 2012, a 6.5 percent increase from a year earlier that was aided by a rising stock market, according…
Man explains crime on video while waving bloodied hands
The 13-5 vote cleared the way for an epic showdown on the floor of the Senate about legislation that is one of President Barack Obama’s top domestic priorities – yet…
Survivor search nearly complete; death toll at 24
Officials, left, are seen in the aftermath of the Tucson shooting rampage that killed six people and wounded former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 12 others in January 2011. Six…
Jimmy Hodges helps Chad Heltcel and his wife, Cassidi, salvage the wreckage of Chad Heltcel’s family home, which was destroyed Monday when a tornado moved through Moore, Okla. The huge…
As the sun rose over the shattered community of Moore, the state medical examiner’s office cut the estimated death toll by more than half but warned that the number was…
The deadly 24 hours came during a crucial season of fighting that is testing the abilities of Afghan security forces as international troops increasingly draw back, preparing for withdrawal of…
Two senior members of the Syrian National Coalition said the group first wants ironclad guarantees of Assad’s departure as part of any transition deal and more weapons for rebel fighters.…
Millions of people have been displaced in Syria as the civil war there has engulfed large areas, and Jordan has become a main refuge for Syrians who choose to flee…
Jodi Arias points to her family as a reason for the jury to give her a life in prison sentence instead of the death penalty Tuesday during the penalty phase…
The former first daughter is now the co-founder and co-chairwoman of New York University’s Of Many Institute;http://www.nyuofmany.org/about/, a program for “multifaith” education. Its website says the institute “supports a new…
Leahy, a Democrat from Vermont, introduced the amendment as the Senate Judiciary Committee he chairs was debating a sweeping immigration bill that could legalize the nation’s 11 million unauthorized immigrants…
That’s how much of a warning the residents of suburban Oklahoma had before a tornado dropped out of a cloud onto the ground a few miles west of Newcastle, Okla.…
A cameraman films one of the U.S. consulate offices in Benghazi, Libya, after the attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens on Sept. 11, 2012.Associated Press file photo…
Special Agents Christopher W. Lorek and Stephen P. Shaw were remembered Tuesday at a private memorial ceremony at the U.S. Marine Corps Memorial Chapel at Quantico , the agency reported…
Veterans Affairs, Homeland Security and the Pentagon would be spared under the plan approved by the House Appropriations Committee on a party-line vote, but legislation responsible for federal firefighting efforts…
Tea-party activists march outside the Internal Revenue Service office Tuesday in Phoenix. The rally was one of many around the country.Ross D. Franklin/Associated Press Lois Lerner heads the IRS division…
New details on the administration’s budget request emerged Tuesday and underscored the contradiction of the president waging a political fight to shutter the facility while the military calculates the financial…
The storm laid waste to scores of buildings in Moore, south of the city. Block after block of the community lay in ruins. Homes were crushed into piles of broken…
David Karp, 26, founded Tumblr, which will remain based in New York City. Yahoo has purchased the Internet blogging forum for $1.1 billion.Invision for Advertising Week/Associated Press The deal announced…
This aerial photo shows damage to Plaza Towers Elementary School on Monday after it was hit by a massive tornado in Moore, Okla.Steve Gooch/Associated Press The National Weather Service estimated…
Baghlan provincial council leader Mohammad Rasoul Mohseni was entering the compound in the morning when the bomber ran up on foot and detonated his explosives, police spokesman in Baghlan province…
David Karp, 26, dropped out of high school to concentrate on computer programming and started Tumblr six years ago.Invision for Advertising Week/Associated Press A few years later, Karp built Tumblr…
During the investigation of State Department adviser Stephen Kim, law enforcement officials obtained a search warrant for some private emails of James Rosen, the chief Washington correspondent for Fox News.…
But McDonough and the other advisers did not tell Obama, leaving him to learn about the politically perilous results of the internal investigation from news reports more than two weeks…
There was substantial evidence in the 2011 incident that then-U.S. Attorney Dennis Burke’s motive for disclosing a memo by federal agent John Dodson was retaliation, the inspector general’s report said.…
