Chicago mosaic artist Jim Bachor works in his basement placing tiles on his next mosaic art piece that reads “POTHOLES.” Bachor has filled a few potholes around the city and…
Each month, a team of professional photographers shoots them as they go about their daily lives at home and around New York City. “As a baby, she changes every month.…
This saucer-shaped vehicle will be used to test new parachutes and drag devices that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration hopes will allow it to send heavier payloads – including…
Although the nearest clinic was just a 10-minute drive from Soukup’s South Dakota ranch, the doctor on duty did not have much experience treating such injuries. He had rarely inserted…
Graduates shouldn’t let the ‘stubborn status quo’ stymie their best efforts
1916 lines drawn to British, French regional interests
KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghans braved threats of violence and searing heat Saturday to vote in a presidential runoff that likely will mark the country’s first peaceful transfer of authority, an…
cleric urges help fighting encroachers
bill would double spending, add $35B during the next 3 years
Obama on Father’s Day: Being a dad takes courage WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is urging fathers to get more involved in their kids’ lives and to serve as mentors…
49 killed; country’s new president vows to punish attackers
states have tightened gun rules, others have loosened
David and Marianne Trujillo exit the Vetaran Affairs facility in El Paso, Texas. It’s not just veterans who sometimes have to wait for health care. Depending on where you live…
A municipality bulldozer and people clean up trash from a street in the northern city of Mosul, Iraq, which has been captured by Sunni militants.Associated Press The official, who spoke…
Immigration activists want President Barack Obama to block deportations of illegal immigrants immediately rather than wait for an overhaul of immigration laws.Susan Walsh/Associated Press file photo This week, lawmakers from…
WASHINGTON — Oklahoma and Kansas may have the reputation as tornado hot spots, but Florida and the rest of the Southeast are far more vulnerable to killer twisters, a new…
A photo illustration shows the similarities between a Hershey’s Mr. Goodbar and the marijuana-infused Mr. Dankbar sold by Seattle-based Conscious Care Cooperative.Jerry Mosemak/USA TODAY Hershey’s has filed two trademark infringements…
President Barack Obama says it may take several days before his administration decides what kind of assistance it will provide Iraq to help the Mideast nation battle an Islamic insurgency.Charles…
Military officials arrive early Friday morning at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio with Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who had been held captive for five years by Taliban jihadists…
Media organizations had argued that would be a first in British legal history, and a dangerous precedent. The case concerns two men who were arrested last year and charged with…
Iraqi men protest the al-Qaida breakaway group Islamic State of Iraq outside an army recruiting center in Baghdad, Iraq. The Iraqi government is urging people to sign up for military…
ISLAMABAD – Missiles from U.S. drones slammed into militant hideouts overnight in northwestern Pakistan, killing 13 suspected insurgents and marking the resumption of the CIA-led program after a nearly six-month…
Local police used the Stingray surveillance device at the Berkshire Manor Apartments in Tallahassee, Fla., to gather information for a criminal case, but the police department refused to release information…
A driver uses an iPhone while driving in Los Angeles. Among teen drivers, 41 percent had texted or emailed behind the wheel in the previous month, according to a study…
WASHINGTON – Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who has been recovering in Germany after five years as a Taliban captive, is returning to the United States today, but he will not receive…
The Pentagon says it has not made any plans for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl to talk to news media after his return to the United States Friday. Bergdahl, who was…
President Barack Obama says the U.S. has a stake in ensuring Iraq is safe from jihadists. During a news conference Thursday, the president said his administration is considering what is…
Don Parker, right, and his father, Harley Parker, center, a World War II veteran, wait Tuesday to speak with someone at a health-care crisis center set up by the American…
