Bodyguards escort Syrian president Bashar Assad, right, through a crowd of young people Saturday during an inauguration ceremony in Damascus for a statue dedicated to “martyrs” from Syrian universities who…
A wildfire burns Friday along a hillside in Point Mugu, Calif. By Friday afternoon, the Ventura County blaze had burned more than 18,000 acres and was only 20 percent contained.Ringo…
The order, which is effective immediately, came from a senior official at U.S. Customs and Border Protection, David J. Murphy. It was circulated Thursday, one day after the Obama administration…
The market jumped from the opening bell, traders donned party hats and a wave of buying helped the Standard and Poors 500 index close above 1,600 for the first time.…
Not only that, but many more people were hired in February and March than previously thought, the Labor Department said Friday. The job gains came despite a global slowdown, Social…
A funeral parlor in Worcester that is familiar with Muslim services said it will handle arrangements for Tsarnaev, whose body was released by the state medical examiner Thursday night. The…
The official, who is not authorized to comment publicly, said the source of the DNA is unknown, adding that it could belong to any one of a number of people,…
NRA First Vice President James Porter, who will take over the top job Monday, issued a full-throated challenge in the opening hours to President Barack Obama after the NRAs major…
The X-51A Waverider, carried under the wing of a B-52H Stratofortress bomber, prepares to launch over the Pacific Ocean.U.S. Air Force/Associated Press The X-51A WaveRider flew for more than three…
The killings in Bayda reflect the sectarian overtones of Syrias civil war. Tucked in the mountains outside the Mediterranean coastal city of Banias, the village is primarily inhabited by Sunni…
The U.S. economy showed last month why it remains the envy of industrialized nations: In the face of tax increases and federal spending cuts, employers added a solid 165,000 jobs…
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Kenneth Bae, 44, a Washington state man described by friends as a devout Christian and a tour operator, is at least the sixth American detained in North Korea since 2009.…
Smoke and fire billows over a hill near Thousand Oaks, Calif., on Thursday. Authorities have ordered evacuations of a neighborhood and a university about 50 miles west of Los Angeles…
Bon Jovi called the law a lifesaver and encouraged other states to do the same. I hope that Governor Christies actions here will cause other states to stand up and…
Its unclear if the man fatally shot himself or was killed by a Homeland Security agent who had confronted him, said Houston police spokesman Kese Smith. The mans name was…
This combination of Associated Press file photos shows, left, an undated driver’s license photo distributed by police in 2002 of Brenda Heist, and right, an April 26, 2013, photo of…
The testimony came during a preliminary hearing for James Everett Dutshcke, 41, who was arrested Saturday at his home in Tupelo and charged with making ricin, the same substance mailed…
Department of Public Safety spokesman Terrel Harris said a funeral home retained by Tsarnaevs family picked up the 26-year-olds remains. He had no more information. The medical examiner determined Tsarnaevs…
State mining and drilling law doesn’t trump the authority of local governments to control land use, the four-judge appellate division panel ruled unanimously. Norse Energy Corp.’s challenge to a drilling…
Gov. Lincoln Chafee signed the bill into law on the Statehouse steps Thursday evening following a final 56-15 vote in the House. The first weddings will take place Aug. 1,…
Now, after winning a major victory over President Barack Obama with the defeat of a gun control bill in the U.S. Senate, the powerful gun-rights lobby will gather in Houston…
Congressman Julio Borges, who suffered head injuries when ruling party member Michele Reyes repeatedly struck him in the face, met with federal prosecutors to demand the probe into who was…
A 408-foot spire, center, is lifted toward the top of the construction of One World Trade Center seen from the Heights neighborhood of Jersey City, N.J. The spire, which will…
Osservatore Romano/Associated Press<br><br> Pope emeritus Benedict XVI, left, is welcomed by Pope Francis as he returns at the Vatican from the pontifical summer residence of Castel Gandolfo.du1-i-syn Pope Francis welcomed…
The rescue work is continuing Friday with cranes removing the rubble. Maj. Gen. Chowdhury Hassan Suhwardy said rescuers were proceeding cautiously to keep bodies intact. The official number of missing…
According to hospital interviews with surviving suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev shortly after he was captured, the suspects apparently finished constructing the explosives well before they had originally planned and chose to…
Firefighters are ready to defend homes as a wildfire burns Thursday in Thousand Oaks, Calif. The fire had burned more than 6,500 acres as of Thursday evening.Mark J. Terrill/Associated Press…
Donna Van Natten with The Enterprise Center, left, and Valoria Armstrong with Tennessee American Water Co. converse during a job fair in Chattanooga, Tenn. Economists expect the Labor Department to…
