government and politics

Dozens of people lost their homes, yet they say they are thankful to see another Christmas. Tony Goodwin ducked into a storm shelter with seven others...

ISLAMABAD (AP) — India's Narendra Modi made a surprise visit to Pakistan on Friday, his first such trip as prime minister to this Islamic nation that ...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Las Vegas Strip, flanked by towering casinos-hotels, is a 4-mile stretch of near-constant movement, jammed with cars, buses, taxi...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Only two states say their National Guard operations could provide facilities to house unaccompanied immigrant children following...

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia and Qatar have agreed on steps to encourage the Syrian opposition to sit down for talks with the Syrian government, the Russian f...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ben Carson's name and face adorn the walls of dozens of schools in the U.S. and a medical school in Nigeria. Mayors have handed him ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The governor of California pardoned Robert Downey Jr. on Thursday for a nearly 20-year-old felony drug conviction that led t...

NEW YORK (AP) — Stephen Colbert may not respect much of what Donald Trump says, but he does admire the Republican's ability to craft a message that ma...

BEIRUT (AP) — A U.S.-backed coalition of rebels in Syria — including Syrian Kurdish, Arab and Christian groups — captured several areas in the country...

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — A teenage Palestinian asylum seeker who broke down in tears after a blunt remark from Chancellor Angela Merkel has won permi...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Santa Claus is coming to town, and for the 60th consecutive year, the North American Aerospace Defense Command will continue ...

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — A fire that broke out overnight at a hospital in a southwestern province of Saudi Arabia killed at least 31 people and inj...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Four Palestinians were killed on Thursday, among them three who Israel said were carrying out attacks on soldiers in the West Bank, t...

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin is meeting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for talks expected to focus on defense, nuclear and spac...

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Fifteen years after U.S. regulators started assessing damage and health risks at an abandoned Nevada copper mine, the Environmental ...

BEIRUT (AP) — The three missiles fired on a public market in the northern Syrian town of Ariha took the morning shoppers by surprise. In a few moments...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Afghan military has rushed reinforcements to a southern district threatened for days with takeover by the Taliban, the c...

LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — Released from prison after a presidential pardon for a sexual assault conviction, a popular Zambian singer has been charged with...

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — A grand jury is set to decide whether to indict the truck driver who slammed into a limo carrying Tracy Morgan, killing one...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Support for legal abortion in the U.S. has edged up to its highest level in the past two years, with an Associated Press-GfK poll sh...