There were fewer suicides by Army soldiers and Marines, the two services that have seen the most combat in Iraq and Afghanistan over the last decade. According to preliminary Pentagon…
HAVANA – Cuban dissidents freed as part of a historic détente with the United States said Tuesday they support the warming of relations and predicted it will help their efforts…
A grocery store employee wipes down a soup bar with a display informing customers of organic, GMO-free oils in Boulder. A large majority of Americans support labeling of genetically modified…
Tarek el-Gabbas/Associated Press file photo<br><br>Ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, 86, lies on a gurney, next to his son Gamal, second left, in the defendants cage during a court hearing in…
Outgoing Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is touring military bases pushing for the Defense Department to continue plans to build the next-generation B-2 bomber.Evan Vucci/Associated Press file photo “I think the…
Many Supreme Court justices Tuesday questioned the government’s position that courts shouldn’t be able to review whether the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is making unreasonable settlement demands of businesses before…
Obama invited his antagonists to the White House for their first face-to-face meeting since the new Republican-controlled Congress convened. But their show of cordiality for the cameras did little to…
HAVANA – Cuba has completed the release of 53 political prisoners that was part of last month’s historic deal with the United States, the Obama administration said Monday. The move…
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky arrives for work on Capitol Hill in Washington on Monday as the Republican-controlled Senate voted on a bill to construct the Keystone XL…
President Barack Obama is planning to propose new legislation that would bar companies from selling student data to third parties and require companies to notify customers within 30 days if…
Indonesian air force personnel Monday carry the flight data recorder of the ill-fated AirAsia Flight 8501 at the airport in Pangkalan Bun, Indonesia. Divers retrieved one black box Monday and…
LOS ANGELES – Two members of the Tuskegee Airmen – the famed all-black squadron that flew in World War II – died on the same day. The men, lifelong friends…
PANGKALAN BUN, Indonesia – Divers retrieved one of the black boxes Monday from the AirAsia plane that plummeted more than two weeks ago into the Java Sea, a major breakthrough…
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People may be asked to fill out their census forms on the Internet instead of sending them through the mail. Census takers may use smartphones instead of paper to complete…
In America, the income gap between the top 1 percent and the rest has grown. But if we look not at America, but the world, inequality is shrinking. We are…
PARIS – A young Frenchwoman of North African origin opted to wear an Islamic veil, though she said the pious choice of attire cost her a job as a cashier.…
NEW YORK – Of all the statistics from the recent New Year’s Eve in Times Square – 1 million revelers, 2,000 pounds of confetti, thousands of police officers, dozens of…
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – New Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena was sworn into office Friday and vowed to curtail the powers amassed by his predecessor, who was swept aside in…
