But it has never seen a day quite like the one expected on Monday, when the building’s cold stone walls will echo with a parliamentary debate over whether to ban…
The deal, clinched last summer after intense negotiations, forced Iran to dismantle most of its nuclear program, a step that proponents say will prevent it from gaining the capability to…
HONOLULU – The ongoing search for 12 Marines who are missing after two helicopters crashed off Hawaii entered the third day with no plans Sunday morning to call off or…
Propelled by the Islamic State group’s attacks in Paris, the GOP-backed legislation raced through the House last November with 289 votes. That veto-proof margin included 47 Democrats despite the Obama…
Rebecca Hargrove, second from right, president and CEO of the Tennessee Lottery, presents a ceremonial check to John Robinson, right; his wife, Lisa, second from left; and their daughter, Tiffany,…
4 Americans released in prisoner swap; 1 more in separate deal
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Five years after a homeless man’s silky voice won him Internet fame, he’s on the air again at the same Ohio radio station where he began his…
Inflation over 140 percent in South American country
BELIZE CITY, Belize – An autopsy on the body of a U.S. tourist found dead in western Belize has determined that she was strangled. Anne Swaney, 39, died from “asphyxia…
Jihadists killed Saturday after forces storm building
Penn NEW YORK – Sean Penn says his article on Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman “failed” in its mission. Speaking to CBS’ “60 Minutes,” the actor said his…
Walter and Paula Olsen, the parents of Ashley Olsen, 35, leave after her funeral service Friday at the Santo Spirito basilica in Florence, Italy. Prosecutors say she was killed by…
Vice President Joe Biden listens to Dr. Bruce L. Livine, left, and Dr. Carl H. June, Friday during a tour of the Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania…
An armed policeman patrols the area after an attack on a hotel in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Attackers struck an upscale hotel popular with Westerners in Burkina Faso’s capital late Friday,…
Bridget Bishop, a local woman convicted of witchcraft – though it’s more likely her only crimes were promiscuity (by Puritans’ strict standards) and a tendency to gossip – was escorted…
The black Lab-mix dog shakes and shivers, her heart rate jumps, her blood pressure spikes, her temperature rises, her eyes dilate and she cowers under anything she can get beneath.…
Anders Kvernberg, a reference librarian at the National Library of Norway, posted a picture of this 19th century atlas on a Reddit board to share with other atlas enthusiasts and…
Tennessee Lottery executive Rebecca Hargrove made the big announcement. What could one person possibly do with all that money? John Robinson of Munford, a town of 6,000 north of Memphis,…
Interior Secretary Sally Jewell said Friday the U.S. government’s policies on oil and gas leases should take into account new evidence showing that fossil fuels are impacting the climate.Sait Serkan…
Two Marine CH-53 helicopters collided late Thursday near the Hawaiian island of Oahu. The Navy and Air Force are conducting a search-and-resuce mission to find the 12 Marines who were…
Defense Secretary Ash Carter said the Obama administration is preparing a new proposal that will be submitted to Congress for closing the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base…
A frame grab from a Iranian state-run IRIB News Agency video shows the U.S. Navy sailors being detained by Iranian Revolutionary Guards in the Persian Gulf.IRIB News Agency via Associated…
WASHINGTON – The Obama administration will announce a moratorium Friday on any major new coal leases on federal lands until it completes a comprehensive review of whether the fees charged…
Mercedes-Benz showed off its self-driving F 015 concept car during this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The federal government is working on a policy that states could use…
Balbir Atwal, the owner of a 7-Eleven store that sold a winning Powerball lottery ticket, holds up a Millionaire Made Here, sign at his store in Chino Hills, Calif. Atwal…
Officials doubt boats had mechanical problems
