U.S. Ambassador Jane Hartley, right, was called to the French Foreign Ministry Wednesday to explain why the United States was apparently intercepting phone communications by President François Hollande and his…
Lawyers, advocates doubt many families will qualify for release
Experts concerned Senate holding up approval of ban on nuclear tests
A Boston police officer and his explosives detection dog on Wednesday patrol through a maze of police vehicles outside the Moakley Federal Courthouse in Boston. More than 20 victims of…
A woman on Wednesday sits on the ground and sells handkerchiefs in the Monastiraki area in central Athens. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras met with the heads of the International Monetary…
A New York State Police officer on Wednesday escorts Gene Palmer, left, from Plattsburgh Town Court in Plattsburgh, N.Y. Palmer is believed to have delivered tools inside frozen meat to…
HONOLULU – About 20 people opposed to building what would be one of the world’s largest telescopes on a Hawaii mountain are camped out near the construction site, vowing to…
Petros Giannakouris/Associated Press<br><br>Thousands of trade union members and pensioners marched through Greece’s capital of Athens on Tuesday to demand that Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s government restore Greek pensions to…
Families won’t face prosecution for negotiating with terrorists
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks with reporters Tuesday before the Senate advanced a bipartisan trade bill that would give President Barack Obama “fast-track” authority to negotiate a trade bill with…
Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, with China’s State Councilor Yang Jiechi, right, and members of the U.S. and Chinese delegations attend a meeting meant to strengthen U.S.-Chinese cooperation.…
CHARLESTON, S.C. – South Carolina’s governor declared Monday that the Confederate flag should be removed from the Statehouse grounds as she acknowledged that its use as a symbol of hatred…
Tahoe blaze has burned nearly 9,500 acres
KABUL, Afghanistan – A Taliban suicide bomber struck the entrance to the Afghan parliament Monday, and gunmen tried to storm the heavily guarded compound, setting off a gun battle with…
Supplies to be sent to build conservation lab
U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, center, said the U.S. and NATO do not want another Cold War with Russia, but they will “stand up” to Russia’s actions to try…
DETROIT – A wall of silence surrounds a shootout at a block party in Detroit that left a 19-year-old gunman dead and 11 other people wounded, police Chief James Craig…
S.C. church holds first service since shooting
Doggy, Pup Pot among the many innovations by and for pet owners
A Utah Valley University student walks up the bright green lanes painted on the stairs to the gym Thursday at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. Utah Valley University spokeswoman…
HABANIYAH, Iraq – Parading across a desert base, hundreds of Sunni tribesmen who graduated a crash training course stood ready to take on the Islamic State group on behalf of…
NEW ORLEANS – A handcuffed prisoner in a moving police cruiser somehow managed to grab a gun, fatally shoot the officer at the wheel and escape from the vehicle, which…
