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A senior State Department official is confirming the death of one U.S. citizen in Tuesday’s attack on a Libyan hotel. – Libyan officials said four foreigners and five guards were…
Ashley Christensen, of Poole’s Downtown Diner in Raleigh, at her latest venture, Joule Coffee & Table.” CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Back in the 1970s, when Nathalie Dupree and Shirley Corriher…
NEW YORK — When the Indianapolis Star broke the news Monday night that Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, a possible 2016 Republican contender, was planning to launch a “state-run news outlet”…
On the heels of a study that found electronic cigarettes may expose users to high levels of formaldehyde, the California senate has introduced a bill that would define the controversial…
Delaware Gov. Jack Markell (D) has declared Feb. 12 as “Charles Darwin Day” in the state. – Darwin died in 1882.
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Kurdish militias regained full control of the northern Syrian town of Kobani on Monday, driving Islamic State militants out with the help of American-led airstrikes, Kurdish activists…
A top Florida Republican filed a bill Monday that would legalize medical marijuana in the state, just months after a similar ballot measure received a majority of voter support, but…
A Kentucky state senator is trying to have his DUI charge dismissed because the state constitution bans lawmakers from being arrested while the legislature is in session. – “No member…
Mississippi state lawmakers have introduced a first-of-its-kind bill that would, in part, allow police officers, without a warrant, to enter any home where they believe a pit bull or other…
Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes said Monday that she will run for re-election as secretary of state this year, rather than seek a higher office. – She cited…
Death date: January 22, 2012 Birth place: Brooklyn, New York Birth name: Joseph Vincent Paterno Father: Angelo Lafayette Paterno, law clerk Mother: Florence (de Salle) Paterno Marriage: Suzanne “Sue” (Pohland)…
With the first flurries starting to fall Monday morning in what officials said was expected to be one of the most powerful blizzards to ever strike New York City, officials…
A Georgia couple is missing after driving across the state to check out a classic car advertised on Craigslist, and police say the man who last had phone contact with…
Kurdish fighters backed by intense U.S.-led airstrikes pushed the Islamic State group almost entirely out of the Syrian town of Kobani on Monday, marking a major loss for extremists whose…
Facts: Capital punishment is legal in 32 U.S. states. Connecticut and New Mexico have abolished the death penalty, but it is not retroactive. Prisoners on death row in those states…
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) said Sunday he would support an amendment to the Constitution that would enable state legislatures to outlaw same-sex marriage if the U.S. Supreme Court were…
A Greek state TV exit poll was projecting that anti-bailout party Syriza had won Sunday’s parliamentary elections — in a historic first for a radical left-wing party in Greece. But…
LAGOS, Nigeria — Concerned that Nigeria could face postelection turmoil, Secretary of State John Kerry arrived here on Sunday to urge President Goodluck Jonathan and his principal political rival to…
DES MOINES, Iowa — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) walked out on stage at the Iowa Freedom Summit on Saturday and resoundingly rejected the “conventional wisdom” that his East…
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie also sought to establish a deeper bond with the Iowa. The Hawkeye State receives outsized attention in presidential years thanks to its first-in-the-nation status during…
Texas’ junior senator is challenging early caucus state voters to back only presidential candidates with a proven conservative track record. – Cruz isn’t the only Texan giving thought to a…
TOKYO — The Japanese government expressed outrage at an image released Saturday that purported to show the decapitated body of one of two Japanese hostages captured by Islamic State militants…
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Despite the latest successes of the Iraqi Army and the forces of the Kurdish regional government, known as the peshmerga, hundreds of thousands of refugees in Iraq are facing a…
Also known as Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant and Islamic State (IS). The aim of ISIS is to create an Islamic state across Sunni areas of Iraq and…
After years of campaigning in Iowa for others, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is venturing into new territory as a potential White House candidate appealing to social conservatives who hold…
Fresh off a victory in Washington state, a leading gun control group backed by billionaire Michael Bloomberg is hoping to make Oregon its next prize in a campaign to require…
Japanese officials said Saturday that they were continuing efforts to win the release of two Japanese men taken hostage by the Islamic State, even though the militants’ stated deadline for…
DAVOS, Switzerland — Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday called for an ambitious campaign to combat the root causes of violent extremism, which he said represented one of the…
DES MOINES, Iowa — Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) said Friday that he was being “kind and gentle” when he referred to Michelle Obama’s guest at the State of the Union…