WASHINGTON – At least four Americans are being held in Yemen by rebels who toppled the U.S. backed government, The Washington Post reported late Friday. Citing unnamed sources, the report…
WASHINGTON – Barring a last-minute deal in Congress, three post-Sept. 11 surveillance laws used against suspected spies and terrorists are set to expire as Sunday turns into Monday. Will that…
Residents, many of whom evacuated with only the clothes on their backs, worried over when things on the island in Yakushima, Kagoshima Prefecture, would return to normal. Some residents already…
‘Bigger eruptions could possibly occur from now’
In a study of 4,466 people between the ages of 71 and 81, researchers found that even a limited alcohol intake – two or more servings a day for men…
suggests tattoos may cause itching, infections in many people
TOKYO – A volcano erupted Friday in spectacular fashion on a small island in southern Japan, spewing out rocks and sending black clouds of ash 5.6 miles into the sky.…
President Barack Obama on Friday warned senators opposed to renewing the Patriot Act that he is worried about what will happen if a terrorist attack isn’t stopped “because of inaction…
Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said Friday he is considering ordering evacuations in several Dallas-area neighborhoods because of flooding risks. Another round of rain dropped about heavy rain on Dallas…
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A strong earthquake struck in a remote region off the Alaska coast, but there was no threat of tsunami or immediate reports of damage, officials said. The…
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, told British Prime Minister David Cameron that she is willing to renegotiate Britain’s relationship with the European Union so the country will remain an EU…
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, says a new study has convinced him that people who have contracted the HIV virus should begin…
Comcast’s Innovation and Technology Center in Philadelphia is one of the many new construction projects helping to fuel the U.S. economy’s rebound. The Commerce Department said Friday the economy shrank…
Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno on Thursday said he is confident no one was endangered by a mistake that led to live anthrax samples being sent to government…
trainers say the animals love their jobs of ‘hide-and-seek’
Emergency officials are warning that, even though the rains have stopped in Texas, many cities can expect more flooding as rainwater pours downstream, swelling the San Jacinto River near Kingwood,…
Carter Days after making the startlingly frank assessment that the Iraqi forces lack “the will to fight,” Carter told reporters en route to Singapore with him that he called a…
HYDERABAD, India – Eating onions, lying in the shade and splashing into rivers, Indians were doing whatever they could Thursday to stay cool during a brutal heat wave that has…
Hastert CHICAGO – Federal prosecutors announced bank-related charges against former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert on Thursday, accusing the 73-year-old Illinois Republican of structuring the withdrawal of $952,000 in cash…
A crew cleans up a beach on Thursday after balls of tar washed ashore in Manhattan Beach, Calif. Popular beaches along nearly 7 miles of Los Angeles-area coastline are off-limits…
The Carolinas got a taste of this year’s hurricane season earlier this month when Tropical Storm Ana brought rain and winds to Wrightsville Beach, N.C. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric…
