Edward Snowden, a former National Security Agency contractor, right, tells NBC News anchor Brian Williams that the NSA general counsel’s response to his email raising concerns about the agency’s surveillance…
This is at least the second deadly landslide in the U.S. this year, after the catastrophic mudslide that killed 41 people in Washington state in March. How unusual are these…
NEW ORLEANS – BP PLC must resume paying claims while it asks the U.S. Supreme Court to review its settlement with businesses over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill,…
Russia is denying that it is allowing fighters to cross into Ukraine to join pro-Russian insurgents fighting the central government. Mourners and family members attend a funeral for Olga Prokhorenko,…
U.S. Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Thomas Donohue, second left, says Cuba’s private sector has expanded greatly in recent years as the government has eased restrictions on private businesses.…
President Barack Obama is proposing to establish a new $5 billion program that will help foreign nations fight terrorism. The president outlined his plans for future foreign policy during a…
Google will be working with several unidentified Detroit automobile companies to develop driverless-car prototypes. The new cars will not have steering wheels or brakes like current driverless cars do, but…
CAIRO – Egyptian authorities scrambled to rescue the country’s presidential election from the embarrassment of low voter turnout that has dented former army chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi’s hopes for an enthusiastic…
Matthew Anthony Mayeaux of Long Beach, Miss., celebrates after graduating from the U.S. Military Academy during a ceremony Wednesday in West Point, N.Y, The new military graduates say they are…
A paramilitary policeman patrols Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Critics say China is hoping to discredit activists by charging them with crimes filed against brawlers, petty gangsters and other…
Voting booths in Egypty’s election for a new president have been empty, leading the country’s election commission to extend voting for a third day. Opponents say the low turnout shows…
ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria’s military chiefs and the president are apparently split over how to free nearly 300 schoolgirls abducted by Islamic extremists, with the military saying use of force…
Burrdu1-i-syn In an “open letter to America’s veterans” timed for the Memorial Day weekend, Burr chastised the service organizations for refusing to call for Shinseki’s dismissal, despite a call by…
In a 5-4 decision that split the court’s liberal and conservative justices, the court said that Florida and a handful of other states must look beyond IQ scores when inmates…
First lady Michelle Obama says federal officials should look at how they can assist school districts that are struggling to implement healthier school lunches rather than weakening the rules that…
The social networking site has removed the pages, some as early as Sunday morning. But even as Facebook took down controversial pages, new ones popped up, illustrating the challenges websites…
With the head of the Indian Health Service listening, representatives of seven Montana and Wyoming reservations delivered a litany of health-care woes suffered by their members during a U.S. Senate…
WASHINGTON – Senior White House officials say President Barack Obama asked his Homeland Security chief to hold off on completing a review of U.S. deportation policies until the end of…
President Barack Obama speaks to troops after arriving at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan for an unannounced visit over the Memorial Day weekened. Obama said Tuesday in Washington, D.C., the…
A visitor looks out from the viewing gallery as Malaysia Airlines aircraft sit on the tarmac at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Malaysia, Tuesday. The Malaysian government on…
President Barack Obama says members of the military have done their duty, and now it is up to the country to do its duty by ensuring the Veterans Administration is…
California State Assemblyman Richard Pan, D-Sacramento, center, discusses the Affordable Care Act. Many states are expecting higher Medicaid expenses as the new health-care law expands the rolls of people in…
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Officials said rain forecast this week in Alaska may help crews gain control over a massive wind-whipped wildfire, forcing dozens of people to flee to shelters and…
Nuclear power plants around the country are making plans to continue storing nuclear wastes on site while Congress continues to wrestle with trying to develop a national nuclear waste site.…
Navigator John Jones explains the many options to a client seeking help buying health insurance at the Family Guidance Center in Springfield, Ill. The wild hikes in health insurance rates…
Twenty-six states now allow same-sex marriage, and an unbroken string of state and federal court rulings in support of gay and lesbian unions has led many to propose gay marriage…
suggest new president will avoid run-off election
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Officials say a massive wildfire burning in Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula south of Anchorage has grown in windy conditions, and mandatory evacuations are underway. She says the fire…
