BERKELEY, Calif. -- Plenty of communities have resisted the U.S. Postal Service's sweeping real estate sell-off, battling to keep open historic buildings that speak of bygone civic grandeur and to guarantee old-fashioned mail service for the ...
CAIRO -- It has been nearly four months but the bloody events of mid-August still haunt many Egyptians. On Tuesday, a consortium of human rights groups called for an official probe of the slayings then of nearly 1,000 Islamist protesters by ...
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 ...