House Armed Services Committee member Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., right, questions Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday during the committee’s hearing investigating the deal that…
MillerCoors’ sustainability report issued Wednesday shows the brewer has cut its water use to 3.48 barrels of water per barrel of beer, a 9.2 percent drop compared with 2012.David Zalubowski/Associated…
Three members of Congress from South Dakota are backing a bill to make the bison the “national mammal” of the United States in recognition of the animal’s role in Native…
Putindu1-i-syn Speaking in Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia was offering the discount as a “partnership deal.” Russia’s energy minister, Alexander Novak, specified the price offered as $385 per…
Cantordu1-i-syn Cantor informed fellow Republicans of his intentions at an emotional closed-door meeting, then made his public announcement at a news conference where he appeared upbeat, all less than 24…
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – An Uzbek militant group operating in Pakistan’s northwest tribal areas says it played a role in the attack on the Karachi airport earlier this week, in a…
Arctic-area nations are boosting their spying on each other as they prepare to stake their claims to resources that are expected to become available as the arctic ice melts because…
BOISE, Idaho – In public Facebook posts written before he vanished from his military base in Afghanistan, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl spoke of his frustration with the world. He criticized military…
Law enforcement personnel managed to quickly repulse the attack by as many as three gunmen, an assault claimed by a resurgent Taliban who warned its violence “wasn’t over yet.” And…
White House principal deputy press secretary Josh Earnest Tuesday fielded questions about the friendly-fire deaths of special forces troops in Afghanistan.Jacquelyn Martin/Associated Press The deaths were a fresh reminder that…
Richard J. Griffin, center, acting inspector general for the Department of Veterans Affairs, testified Monday about the agency’s delays in setting up appointments for veterans.J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press The House…
UNITED NATIONS – Vietnam’s U.N. ambassador urged China on Tuesday to withdraw its oil rig and more than 100 ships from the South China Sea to create “an environment” for…
RICHMOND, Va. – House Majority Leader Eric Cantor was defeated Tuesday by a little-known economics professor in Virginia’s Republican primary, a stunning upset and major victory for the tea party.…
Mexican circus performers are protesting a new Mexico City law that bans animals in circuses, arguing that it will endanger the animals and put thousands of workers out of jobs.Rebecca…
Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen, right, accompanied by National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson, says his agency will include a copy of the taxpayers’ bill of rights in all of…
Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent John Deasy testified during a lawsuit filed by nine students that it can take two to 10 years to fire an incompetent teacher with…
Jessica Bowen, left, talks with Sandra Modena, Sales Manager at Trillium Staffing, at the annual veterans job fair aboard the LST in downtown Muskegon, Mich. The Labor Department issues its…
Two people comfort each other as they await word about the safety of students after a shooting at Reynolds High School on Tuesday in Troutdale, Ore. A gunman killed a…
Evelyn Morales assembles blender blades at the Vitamix manufacturing facility in Strongsville, Ohio. U.S. business economists are predicting that economic growth will come in lower than expected for the year.Mark…
Rep. Tim Huelskamp, R-Kan., left, confronts Philip Matkovsky, center, assistant deputy under secretary for health for administrative operations at the Department of Veterans Affairs, in the Capitol in Washington, D.C.,…
WASHINGTON – Up to 5 million Americans struggling to make their monthly student loan payments could find relief under a program President Barack Obama expanded Monday, part of an election-year…
World War II German veteran Kurt Keller, right, of Homburg, Germany, 89, who fought against the Allied landing on Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944, speaks with World War II…
Today, 20 years after the case divided the nation, few opinions have changed. Despite two decades’ worth of increasing racial acceptance, the saga still reflects deep-rooted obstacles to a truly…
LAS VEGAS – Two suspects shot and killed two police officers in an ambush at a Las Vegas restaurant Sunday before fatally shooting a third person and killing themselves inside…
shows majorities – regardless of politics – support emission limits
VIP, cargo area had heavy gunfire, multiple explosions
Bergdahl ‘not emotionally prepared’ to see his family
