Asian elephants perform for the final time in the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus on Sunday in Providence, R.I. The circus closes its own chapter on a controversial…
The default was the largest in a series of missed payments by the struggling U.S. territory since last year and Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla warned it was unlikely to be…
Lonnie Franklin Jr., left, appears in Los Angeles Superior Court on Feb. 16 for opening statements in his trial in Los Angeles. The “Grim Sleeper” serial killer trial is coming…
Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, talks with Elizabeth Craig and her children during a visit to the Bravo Cafe during a campaign stop on Monday in Osceola, Ind.Charles…
People waving Cuban flags greet passengers on Carnival’s Adonia cruise ship as they arrive from Miami in Havana, Cuba, on Monday. The Adonia’s arrival is the first step toward a…
Children take advantage of warmer weather as they play on a playground at sunset in Armstrong Park in Lafayette, Ind. Playground concussions are on the rise, a government study found,…
BBC News reported Monday that Australian Craig Wright, who has been believed by many to be the man who invented the Bitcoin, told the media outlet he is the man…
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump walks on stage before speaking during a campaign rally at the Indiana Theater on Sunday in Terre Haute, Ind.Seth Perlman/Associated Press From Virginia in the…
Anti-government protestors chant slogans calling for governmental reforms as they wave national flags before ending their sit-in inside Baghdad’s Green Zone on Sunday. The protesters began an orderly withdrawal a…
Emergency personnel work at the scene after a CSX freight train derailed in Washington on Sunday.Cliff Owen/Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya – Kenyan rescuers continued searching for survivors Sunday of a…
Protesters hold up placards during a protest in front of the United Nations Headquarters in Beirut, Lebanon, on Sunday against Syrian President Bashar Assad’s military operations in areas held by…
Donald Trump, after toying with gender politics off and on during the campaign, is all in on a mission to undercut Hillary Clinton’s credentials by syncing up his say-anything campaign…
Memphis Melton, 7, looks at the destruction in his aunt’s backyard in Lindale, Texas, on Saturday. Lindale is about an hour north of Palestine, Texas, where a grandmother and four…
BEIRUT – The Syrian government launched new airstrikes Saturday on insurgent-held neighborhoods in Aleppo while rebels shelled government-held parts of the northern city, as a truce in other parts of…
New evidence suggests the building that has long been billed as the home that the Founding Father lived in beginning in 1799 was actually a guest house Monroe built about…
Tracy Dove of Corner, Ala., will travel to Mobile, Ala., while her long-lost pet Charlie undergoes surgery to remove a cancerous tumor. Charlie disappeared 10 years ago, but a veterinarian…
The black and white blazer worn by Prince in the 1984 film “Purple Rain” will be auctioned on June 29 along with costumes worn by Britney Spears, Katy Perry and…
Clinton Though she has yet to clinch the Democratic nomination, Hillary Clinton and her team are taking early steps into a general election campaign. Aides are working under the assumption…
FILE – This 1978 file photo shows actor-director John Wayne. California lawmakers have defeated a resolution intended to honor Wayne after opponents challenged what they say are racist statements by…
MADRID – Workers laying pipes in a southern Spanish park have unearthed a 1,300-pound trove of Roman coins in what culture officials say is a unique discovery. The Seville Archaeological…
general calls Afghanistan tragedy ‘extreme situation’
Judith Jean-Noel looks in a mirror as she shops for ear rings at the Monday night green market in downtown Miami.J Pat Carter/Associated Press file The University of Michigan said…
