Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton Friday called on Congress to end the trade embargo the U.S. has imposed against Cuba since 1962. She issued the call during a campaign…
Arborists and California officials are warning that the state could be on the brink of another crisis because water restrictions are making the state’s trees more vulnerable to pests and…
Muchinguri BRUSSELS – NATO allies agreed Friday on a package of measures to help strengthen Iraqi security and defense forces, including in the fields of military training, mine removal and…
Muchinguri In the Zimbabwean government’s first official comment on the killing of Cecil the lion, the environment, water and climate minister lashed out at Walter James Palmer, accusing him even…
SAN FRANCISCO – A federal judge has blocked the release of any recordings made at meetings of abortion providers by an anti-abortion group that previously revealed secretly recorded videos of…
Palestinian family’s home firebombed, killing toddler
Anthropology professor David Starbuck is conducting another dig at Lake George Battlefield Park in Lake George, N.Y., to determine if a stone wall at the site was built during the…
Shopper Miguel Ramirez, left, pays Angel Hernandez for merchandise at a local fruit store in the Little Havana area of Miami.Alan Diaz/Associated Press Michigan’s index of consumer sentiment fell to…
A woman stands near a mass grave and a monument in the village of Chlaniow, Poland, that holds the bodies of Poles killed in a 1944 attack on the village…
CINCINNATI – A University of Cincinnati police officer who fatally shot a motorist during a traffic stop pleaded not guilty Thursday to murder charges and was ordered jailed on $1…
Congress will face divisive issues when it returns from August recess
JERUSALEM – Revelers dancing and singing through the streets of Jerusalem during the holy city’s annual gay-pride parade were left shrieking in pain and panic Thursday night, as an anti-gay…
California water officials reported some good news Thursday, saying 265 out of 411 local water agencies met or nearly met their water conservation targets in June. The State Water Resources…
Reverend calls incident ‘terroristic threat’
RICHMOND, Va. – Three University of Virginia graduates and members of a fraternity profiled in a debunked account of a gang rape in a retracted Rolling Stone magazine story filed…
Divided party struggling to show it can effectively run Congress
A group of protesters Wednesday gathered outside the dental offices of Dr. Walter James Palmer in Bloomington, Minn., to condemn trophy hunting of wild animals such as lions. Palmer reportedly…
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., center, with Sens. John Cornyn, R-Texas, left, and John Thune, R-S.D., speaks Wednesday about Planned Parenthood on Capitol Hill in Washington.MANUEL BALCE CENETA/Associated Press Planned Parenthood’s…
Malaysia Airlines plane vanished in March 2014
WASHINGTON – Secretary of State John Kerry warned skeptical lawmakers not to nix the contentious nuclear deal with Iran, insisting that it includes strict inspections and other safeguards to deter…
Evan Vucci/Associated Press<br><br>President Barack Obama Tuesday urged African nations to uphold democratic liberties during a speech before the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Obama made the comment Monday during…
Economist says new forecast is ‘not great news’
Home prices continued to increase in May although the rate of homeownership rate in the United States is continuing to fall, new reports show.John Bazemore/Associated Press The Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller…
A couple embrace Tuesday at a memorial for Madyson Middleton at the Tannery Arts Center in Santa Cruz, Calif. The search for the missing 8-year-old girl came to a tragic…
Jens Daehner, right, associate curator at the J. Paul Getty Museum, says few ancient pieces of Hellinistic period bronze sculptures exist today because most of them were melted down to…
U.S. officials Tuesday denied that convicted spy Jonathan Pollard’s pending parole from federal prison is connected to the proposed agreement to lift sanctions in exchange for limits on Iran’s nuclear…
