Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. is pursued by reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday as she arrives to release a report on the CIA’s harsh…
Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, greets children and parents outside the Northside Center after her visit to New York on Monday. Kate and Prince William are on a three-day visit to…
KABUL, Afghanistan – American and NATO troops closed their operational command in Afghanistan on Monday, lowering flags in a ceremony to mark the formal end of their combat mission in…
Roughly $7.8B to be paid out to victims of Gulf of Mexico oil spill
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U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder will brief local law enforcement officials on Monday about new federal guidelines prohibiting federal officers from profiling based on religious, race and other characteristics.Tony Dejak/Associated…
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii – Veterans who survived the Pearl Harbor attack that launched the United States into World War II attended Sunday’s 73rd anniversary ceremony with the help of canes,…
parrots offer respite from Venezuela capital’s crime, pollution
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – An SUV involved in the death of a Missouri teenager outside a Somali community center had an anti-Muslim message displayed in the rear window at the…
HONG KONG – A prominent teenage leader of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protests ended his hunger strike Saturday after 4½ days at his doctor’s urging. The decision by Joshua Wong, 18,…
Unemployed finding work at a pace unprecedented post-Great Recession
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If anything, it seems the actions might have muddied already less-than-clear waters, according to the Colorado Farm Bureau. “When you look at it, there’s nothing specifically in there to help…
University of Virginia students walk to campus past the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Va. Rolling Stone said Friday that it has found…
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA’s new Orion spacecraft made a “bull’s-eye” Pacific splashdown Friday following a dramatic flight 3,604 miles beyond Earth, opening a new era of human exploration meant…
NASA’s Orion spacecraft lifts off from a launch pad at Cape Canaveral AIr Force Station in Florida. The new spacecraft successfully completed a test flight Friday, spashing down in the…
President Barack Obama said on Friday his nominee to head the Defense Department, Ashton Carter, will need to make “smart choices” as the Pentagon ramps up to fight the Islamic…
House Speaker John Boehner is planning to move forward with his plans to pass a spending bill that will keep most of the government funded through the fiscal year despite…
RANDALL BENTON/Sacramento Bee<br><br>Water and leaves accumulate along Stockton Boulevard near Alhambra in Sacramento, Calif. on Wednesday. Rain caused some minor flooding throughout the area. Five vehicles got stuck shortly after…
Research at the biggest wind farm project being developed in the U.S. right now seeks to help the chicken-sized Gunnison sage grouse, which within a year could be listed as…
