
Intelligence chief blasts NSA document leaks
The top U.S. intelligence official denounced the disclosure of highly secret documents Thursday and sought to set the record straight about how the ...

Cause of deadly Philly collapse sought; suit filed
The search for victims of a building collapse that killed six people wound down Thursday, and the first civil lawsuit was filed amid mounting ...

US phone-records monitoring ignites fresh debate
A leaked document has laid bare the monumental scope of the U.S. government's surveillance of Americans' phone records — hundreds of millions of calls ...

Missouri man gets 20 years in triplet mom's death
A frustrated judge, begrudging prosecutors and chagrined family members all conceded Thursday that offering a plea deal to a southeast Missouri man ...

Nice gesture helps Fla. widow, 84, win big jackpot
When Gloria C. MacKenzie went to a Florida supermarket near Tampa last month to buy a Powerball ticket, another person in line did something nice for ...

Venezuela frees US filmmaker jailed as alleged spy
A U.S. filmmaker jailed for alleged espionage in Venezuela was expelled from the country and returned to the United States in a gesture that could ...
Report: Gov't scooping up Verizon phone records
Britain's Guardian newspaper says the National Security Agency is currently collecting the telephone records of millions of U.S. customers of Verizon ...

Committee passes bill to address sexual assaults
With broad support from Republicans and Democrats, a House committee Wednesday approved legislation to tackle the growing problem of sexual assault ...
British, French claims put Obama in tough spot
President Barack Obama is facing a new quandary from a pair of assertive allies, France and Britain, that suggest his stated "red line" for more ...

3 days in, WikiLeaks trial comes into focus
Three days into Pfc. Bradley Manning's court-martial for giving thousands of classified documents to WikiLeaks, prosecutors have shown the soldier was ...

US, Germany, Italy vow key Afghan roles post-2014
Germany and Italy will join the United States as "lead nations" in regions of Afghanistan after NATO transitions into a noncombat mission there after ...

Saudi remains behind bars after $2M bond posted
Ziyad Abid was a Missouri college student aspiring to become a pilot like his father back home in Saudi Arabia when he was accused of paying his ...

APNewsBreak: Chinese-American released from China
Just ahead of a meeting between U.S. and Chinese presidents, a Chinese-American scientist was allowed to leave China after being kept there for five ...

Protester interrupts Michelle Obama at fundraiser
First lady Michelle Obama threatened to leave a nighttime fundraiser unless a protester quit interrupting her speech. Mrs. Obama was speaking Tuesday ...

Theater shooting suspect to get mental evaluation
James Holmes, the former neuroscience graduate student accused of the deadly Colorado movie theater shootings, is headed to the state mental hospital ...

Minn. cheerleader accused of prostituting girl
A suburban Minneapolis high school cheerleader is accused of prostituting a younger student by creating an online ad and taking her to see potential ...
Biden: US concerned about Turkey protests
Vice President Joe Biden said Tuesday that only Turks can solve the problem of anti-government protests sowing unrest in Turkey. But he added that the ...

NY boy, 10, grabs home intruder's gun, shoots wall
A 10-year-old boy picked up a gun that was dropped in his home by a would-be robber dressed as a deliveryman and fired a shot, helping to chase away ...
Officials: Russia rejects chemical arms evidence
The Obama administration came back empty-handed after a diplomatic delegation to Moscow last month presented intelligence suggesting that Syrian ...
Team to excavate Griffin, Lake Michigan shipwreck
An organization that believes it has discovered the wreckage of the oldest known shipwreck in the Great Lakes has received a state permit to conduct ...

Hacker who turned Manning in takes witness stand
A one-time computer hacker who told authorities Pfc. Bradley Manning was giving information to WikiLeaks testified Tuesday the soldier never said he ...

Nuke missile crews cite morale-sapping pressures
Officers with a finger on the trigger of the Air Force's most powerful nuclear missiles are complaining of a wide array of morale-sapping pressures, ...

NATO to discuss post-2014 Afghan war details
The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said it will likely be the fall before he is ready to recommend how many troops the U.S. and its allies should ...

Bradley Manning generates more sympathy abroad
It's rare for an American to generate more sympathy abroad than at home, but Bradley Manning and his trial are unique in a host of ways.