Category: North America

The Washington Navy Yard reopened Thursday in an atmosphere of sadness for those lost in Monday's shooting spree, mystery over why it happened and controversy over the law enforcement response...

VALDAI, Russia (AP) — President Vladimir Putin has denied gays face discrimination in Russia, saying that a new law that has drawn protests worldwide does not infringe on their rights....

Powerball's fourth-biggest jackpot winner hasn't stepped forward after hitting the winning numbers Wednesday night and may not ever be known to the general public.   The $399.4 million winning quick-pick...

DETROIT -- A man lauded by supporters of marijuana legalization for going door-to-door this summer on behalf of a ballot question to legalize pot in a Michigan town faces felony...

A town council member in the tiny North Dakota community of Leith has set up a legal defense fund to fight a proposed takeover of the tiny town by a...

WASHINGTON — Democratic National Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz says Congress is "hurtling" toward a fiscal crisis in the next few weeks over financing the government and raising the debt ceiling....

WASHINGTON (AP) — Iranian President Hasan Rouhani said Wednesday that his country has never sought and will never seek a nuclear bomb, telling NBC News in an interview that he...

US Senator John McCain penned a blistering column for a Russian news website on Thursday, telling the Russian people that their President Vladimir Putin is a dissent-quashing tyrant who "doesn't...

WASHINGTON—House Republicans will vote Friday on a stopgap spending measure that defunds President Obama's health care law, setting up a confrontation with Democrats that could force a government shutdown at...

WASHINGTON—House Republicans will vote Friday on a stopgap spending measure that defunds President Obama's health care law, setting up a confrontation with Democrats that could force a government shutdown at...