Smoke rises from government forces shelling on Wadi Barada, northwest of Damascus, Syria, on Dec. 25, 2016.Step News Agency, via AP file Syrian state TV said three people were killed…
Experts surprised by trend as cars get safer
House Speaker Paul Ryan holds a copy of insurance premium statistics during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington.Manuel Balce Ceneta/Associated Press file The vote trains the spotlight on…
Greek Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades said he is pleased that all sides in the Cypriot dispute are discussing future security arrangements, suggesting there is hope that talks will be successful…
Chicago teen Laquan McDonald, right, walks down the street moments before being fatally shot by Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke sixteen times in Chicago in 2015.Chicago Police Department via…
Secretary of State-designate Rex Tillerson testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington.Steve Helber/Associated Press A person familiar with deliberations inside the Trump transition team was aware of no such planning, raising…
Mattisdu1-i-syn The Senate voted 81-17 to approve legislation overriding a prohibition against former U.S. service members who have been out of uniform less than seven years from holding the Defense…
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday that Republican lawmakers need to “act quickly” to pass legislation to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.Cliff Owen/Associated Press file By a…
President-elect says Russia probably behind election-hacking
Bjarni Benediktsson of Iceland’s Independence Party gesturing after the first results of the election in Reykjavik, Iceland.Frank Augstein/Associated Press file The center-right Independence Party, which won the largest share of…
David Shulkin, the under secretary of health at the Department of Veterans Affairs, leaves a meeting with President-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower in New York.Evan Vucci/Associated Press David Shulkin’s…
Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, right, said Secretary of State-designate Rex Tillerson’s experience working with Russia would be a benefit to the United States.Steve Helber/Associated Press Tillerson, a friend of the…
President Barack Obama speaks during his farewell address at McCormick Place in Chicago.Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Associated Press “Yes, our progress has been uneven. The work of democracy has always been hard,…
Charleston, S.C., shooting suspect Dylann Roof is escorted from the Cleveland County Courthouse in Shelby, N.C.Chuck Burton/Associated Press file A jury deliberated for about three hours before returning with the…
Mexican Foreign Relations Secretary Luis Videgaray said his country isn’t only willing to negotiate changes to the North American Free Trade Agreement, it wants negotiations as soon as possible.Marco Ugarte/Associated…
Case raises questions about equal justice for wealthy, poor
Visitors from Korea shield themselves from the early morning sun as they tour the Capitol in Washington.J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press file The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Monday that…
The Obama administration says 11.5 million people have enrolled for coverage under the president’s health care law as of Dec. 24. That’s about 290,000 more sign-ups than last year at…
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif answers questions from lawmakers in a session of parliament in Tehran, Iran, as he explains the nuclear deal with world powers. Iran will receive…
Esteban Santiago is taken from the Broward County main jail as he is transported to the federal courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Monday. Santiago is accused of fatally shooting…
President Barack Obama argues in an opinion piece in the latest issue of Science magazine that the cost of using clean energy has dropped to the point that businesses are…
Organizers of the Peace Ball: Voices of Hope and Resistance – from right, Laela Shallal; her father, Anthony Shallal; Alisha Byrd; and Patrick Bonisteel – at the National Museum of…
A Chrysler Pacifica hybrid outfitted with Waymo’s suite of sensors and radar is shown at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, on Sunday. Waymo is the autonomous vehicle…
