Palestinians clashed with police in east Jerusalem after an Arab teen was kidnapped and a burned body was found. Palestinians say the abduction was committed by Israeli extremists.Mahmoud Illean/Associated Press…
LONDON – British data protection authorities are investigating revelations that Facebook conducted a psychological experiment on its users. The Information Commissioner’s Office said Wednesday that it wants to learn more…
WASHINGTON – Intelligence officials are concerned about a new al-Qaida effort to create a bomb that would go undetected through airport security, according to a counterterrorism official, prompting the U.S.…
An oil truck sits in a dirt lot near a new housing development in Watford City, N.D. Thanks to the energy boom in North Dakota, the state has added 100,000…
This undated photo released by the Chatham County Sheriff’s Department in Georgia shows Matthew Coniglio’s personal effects, including one of several notes he wrote before allegedly committing suicide on April…
Road clearing equipment is staged near the old Coast Guard Station at the north end of Hatteras Island, N.C., to prepare for the approaching Tropical Storm Arthur. The storm, which…
U.S. marshals patrol the area outside a federal courthouse in Washington where Libyan militant Ahmed Abu Khattala, charged in the deadly attack at the U.S. diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya,…
The bipartisan Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board says the National Security Agency’s collection of Internet data within the United States passes constitutional muster.Patrick Semansky/Associated Press file photo James Clapper,…
Some water economists are calling for stricter regulations to govern the auctioning of water rights in California to ensure that there are adequate supplies of water to get through future…
Attorney Laura Landenwich and Timothy Love speak to reporters after a federal judge earlier in the day struck down the state’s ban on same-sex couples getting marriage licenses and overturned…
New research suggests one of the most famous dinosaurs – the triceratops – took 2 million years to develop its three prominent horns.USA TODAY But newly published research from Montana…
WASHINGTON – The Navy has its first female four-star admiral. She is Michelle Janine Howard, promoted on Tuesday to the service’s highest rank. The ceremony was held at the Women…
Iraq’s new parliament was forced to end its first session early after Kurdish and minority Sunni representatives failed to return after a break from discussions on electing new leaders to…
JERUSALEM – Israel on Tuesday mourned the deaths of three teenagers who had been kidnapped over two weeks ago, as the air force targeted dozens of locations in the Gaza…
Thousands of Hong Kong residents fill the streets during a protest against China’s increasing control over the former British enclave’s government. Hong Kong residents want democratic reforms, including the ability…
President Barack Obama is warning that about 700,000 jobs could be lost if Congress doesn’t reach an agreement on how to fund a shortfall in the Highway Transportation Fund. He…
Health and Human Service Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell’s agency is having trouble clearing up inconsistencies in personal data for thousands of new health insurance customers who signed up on the…
Court rejects gay therapy ban challenge WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court has rejected a challenge to California’s law that bars mental counseling aimed at turning gay minors straight. The justices…
President Barack Obama says he has asked the heads of the Homeland Security and Justice departments to review what actions he can take through executive orders to reform the nation’s…
A Ukrainian man examines damage to his home after residential areas of Slovyansk, Ukraine, came under shelling Monday. Ukraine’s president says he is ending a ceasefire because pro-Russian forces have…
WASHINGTON – The U.S. is sending another 300 troops to Iraq to beef up security at the U.S. Embassy and elsewhere in the Baghdad area to protect U.S. citizens and…
American tourist Jeffrey Edward Fowle of West Carrollton, Ohio. is one of two Americans North Korea says it will put on trial for committing hostile acts against the government. Fowle…
Michael Hichborn kneels and prays as he joins demonstrators while waiting for the Supreme Court’s decision on the Hobby Lobby case outside the Supreme Court in Washington on Monday. The…
CAIRO – Egypt will restrict sermons during the holy month of Ramadan to topics of faith and morality, the state’s top official in charge of religious affairs said Sunday in…
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McDonalddu1-i-syn An administration official said Obama would announce McDonald’s appointment Monday. If confirmed by the Senate, he would succeed Eric Shinseki, the retired four-star general who resigned last month as…
Scientists say the aquarium fishery off the Big Island is among the best managed in the world, but it has nevertheless become the focus of a fight over whether it’s…
But across the hyperactive oil fields of North Dakota, these and other groups have to wait for another team – archaeologists, who often must survey the land before a single…
