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 ...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Thousands of South Africans filed into the 94,000-seat soccer stadium in Soweto early Tuesday for the state memorial service of the nation's apartheid-struggle hero, Nelson Mandela.
Low gray clouds and misty rain ...
SANTA CLARITA, Calif. -- The fast and furious became the solemn and reverential Sunday as hundreds of fans and mourners met in Santa Clarita to pay tribute to the memory of actor Paul Walker and Roger Rodas, killed Nov. 30 in a car crash.
Under ...
SAN DIEGO -- In what could be the final act in a long-running drama, ex-San Diego Mayor Bob Filner is set to appear in court Monday to be sentenced on three counts of mistreating women, the kind of accusations that drove him to resign.
The judge ...