SAN DIEGO -- With an ominous deadline approaching, two feuding Imperial Valley agencies have put aside their differences and developed a plan they hope can save the ailing Salton Sea, the state's largest body of water and often considered its most...
WASHINGTON -- The Senate voted 56-38 Tuesday to seat Patricia Millett on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, the first confirmation under new Senate filibuster rules and one that gives the influential panel a majority ...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- South Africans cheered rapturously as President Barack Obama paid tribute to the late Nelson Mandela at a state memorial service Tuesday, calling him a "great soul" who inspired the U.S. leader and millions of others ...
WASHINGTON -- With his approval ratings flagging and his healthcare law at risk, President Barack Obama is bringing on board the Democratic adviser who helped guide President Clinton through the darkest days of his presidency.
John Podesta, the ...
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- For weeks, speculation swirled around the mystery of why Merrill Newman returned to North Korea, where he fought 60 years ago, and why officials from the reclusive communist regime pulled him off the plane as he was headed home...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Nelson Mandela's "long walk" was over.
His state memorial service Tuesday began with rousing cheers, and the words "Comrades! Long live the spirit of Nelson Mandela! Long live!" in the style of the liberation ...