MIAMI -- Eleven of the short-finned pilot whales that survived an original stranding a week ago along a remote beach in Everglades National Park swam more than 70 miles only to die just feet apart from each other on another remote beach in the ...
WASHINGTON -- Rep. Mel Watt is expected to be confirmed this week to lead the influential housing-finance regulator that oversees Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac after the Senate changed its filibuster rules, making it harder to block White House ...
Local officials and families of the victims in Newtown, Conn., are seeking to commemorate the first anniversary of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School with privacy for grieving, and with everyday acts of kindness.
On Dec. 14, Adam Lanza ...
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court grappled Monday with whether to expand legal protections for airlines that report "suspicious" activity to the Transportation Security Administration, even if such information later turns out to be exaggerated or ...
FOCHVILLE, South Africa -- In Fochville, a mainly Afrikaner mining town about 30 miles southwest of Johannesburg, not everyone wants to talk about the legacy of Nelson Mandela.
"No thank you," said one white man, his face hardening at the mention...
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. military will fly about 850 African Union troops to the Central African Republic this week to assist French soldiers trying to quell street battles by rival militias in the country's capital, the Pentagon announced Monday.
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