By ANNE GEARAN, AP – 1 minute ago CHICAGO (AP) — President Barack Obama and NATO allies declared Sunday that the end of the long and unpopular Afghanistan war is in sight even as they struggled to hold their fighting force together in the face of ...
AP CHICAGO -- The top US military commander in Afghanistan says American troops will still be involved combat next year even as the US officially shifts to a support role. The US and its NATO partners will move into a supporting role in 2013, ...
ROME — Hundreds of Italians were spending Sunday night in tents and temporary shelters after an earthquake early in the day struck in the north of their country, killing at least four people, injuring dozens and sending parts of historic castles, ...
| SAN FRANCISCO May 20 (Reuters) - One day after Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg saw through the landmark initial public offering of his company, he chalked up a personal landmark by marrying his long-time girlfriend, Priscilla Chan, on Saturday.
Republican and Democratic congressional leaders are stepping up their war of words over a looming lame-duck session that is already being described as "chaos in Congress," as they gird for a marathon debate tackling everything from the debt ceiling to ...
By Andre Tartar Yesterday, blind Chinese legal activist Chen Guangcheng landed with his family at Newark International Airport, the culmination of a weeks-long standoff between himself, the American Embassy where he sought refuge, and the Chinese ...
By ADEL OMRAN, AP – 1 minute ago TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — He was the embodiment of one of modern Libya's darkest chapters — a man synonymous with horrifying scenes of wreckage, broken families and a plane that fell out of the sky a generation ago.
By The Star-Ledger Continuous News Desk Enlarge John Munson/The Star-Ledger Newark Mayor Cory Booker talks on the phone in front of his neighbor's home where he helped to rescue a woman from a fire Thursday night. Newark fire chief John Centanni is at ...
Last Updated 5:19 pm ET (AP) COLUMBIA, SC- Tropical storm watches have been lifted for the South Carolina coast as the first storm of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season spins offshore. The National Hurricane Center said that as of 5 pm EDT Sunday, ...
By Geoff Mulvihill Dharun Ravi was convicted in March of 15 criminal charges including invasion of privacy and tampering with evidence. One couple lost their teenage son to suicide in the days after his college roommate used a webcam to see him kiss ...
