European Space Agency officials are now classifying the Beagle 2 Mars lander mission as a partial success after images frm NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter located the long-lost landing craft. Officials…
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA has confirmed what Las Vegan Amanda Ouellet probably felt last year. 2014 was the hottest year on record in the past 135…
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis filed for bankruptcy protection Friday, saying it is the best way to fairly compensate victims of clergy…
Obama In an unusual move by a foreign leader, British Prime Minister David Cameron said he was personally calling U.S. senators to say that new sanctions would drive a wedge…
administration will ask justices to back equality
The Belgian government authorized using military troops to increase security following Thursday’s raids in which police foiled a terrorist plot to kill police officers. Police in Belgium, France and Germany…
Shoppers, such as these outside the St. Louis Premium Outlets store in Chesterfield, Mo., are getting a break on prices because of falling oil prices. The Labor Department reported Friday…
The St. Paul-Minneapolis archdiocese, which is under Archbishop John Nienstedt, filed for bankruptcy Friday in a bid to settle doezens of existing and possible lawsuits filed by people who say…
Charles Warner. Warner was executed Thursday night for the 1997 killing of his roommate’s 11-month-old daughter.Oklahoma Department of Corrections via Associated Press Charles Frederick Warner’s execution for the 1997 killing…
U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen said Thursday he will probably not rule on a case brought by 25 states seeking to stop President Barack Obama from easing immigration policies before…
CORONADO, Calif. – The Republican National Committee finalized the dates for its next presidential nominating convention. The GOP’s 2016 convention will take place July 18-21 in Cleveland, committee chairman Reince…
A new report from the World Economic Forum suggests that regional conflicts, such as fighting in the Middle East spurred by the Islamic State’s attempts to set up an Islamic…
President Barack Obama on Thursday signs a presidential memorandum on paid leave Thursday in the Oval Office of the White House. The presidential memorandum is to direct federal agencies to…
WASHINGTON – The Secret Service has decided to remove four of its most senior officials, while two others are retiring, the biggest management shake-up at the troubled agency since its…
The Internal Revenue Service is cutting taxpayer services to historically low levels just, and the agency expects it will be able to field fewer than half the calls for information…
Jason Rezaian, an Iranian-American correspondent for The Washington Post, has been indicted and will stand trial on unknown charges. He is an Iranian-American who holds dual citizenship. )Vahid Salemi/Associated Press…
U.S. astronaut Terry Virts, left, assists European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti during an emergency training exercise aboard the International Space Station. The space station crew were evacuated to the…
Jean Paul Bierlein on Wednesday reads the latest issue of Charlie Hebdo outside a newsstand in Nice, France. In an emotional act of defiance, Charlie Hebdo resurrected its irreverent and…
Devotees rest with others as they wait to attend a mass by Pope Francis to be held Wednesday at the Galle Face in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Pope Francis brought calls…
Boehner WASHINGTON – The Obama administration is putting the energy industry on notice that it intends to curb methane emissions by nearly half through regulations affecting oil and gas production.…
