US Navy sailors held by Iran released with their boats
All 10 U.S. Navy sailors detained by Iran after drifting into its territorial waters a day earlier have been freed, the U.S. and Iran said today.
Rand Paul, Carly Fiorina cut from main GOP debate lineup
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul and former technology executive Carly Fiorina will not appear on the primetime debate stage when the Republican Party’s 2016 presidential class faces off later this week in South Carolina.
Underdog candidates keep powering along the campaign trail
Running as an underdog presidential candidate isn’t always glamorous.
Task force: Mammograms an option at 40, do more good at 50
Mammograms do the most good later in life, a government task force declared Monday in recommending that women get one every other year starting at age 50.
Sean Penn: Nothing to hide over drug lord interview
Actor Sean Penn said he has “nothin’ to hide,” after images published Monday indicated he was under surveillance when he met with the Mexican actress who led him to Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman — and the pair was apparently followed and photographed as they set out for the supposedly secret meeting with the drug lord.
Refugee program decried after Iraqis’ terror-related arrests
The U.S. refugee program came under fresh criticism Friday after federal authorities revealed that two Iraqi-born men arrested on terrorism-related charges had come to America as refugees.
Drug lord ‘El Chapo’ Guzman recaptured by Mexican marines
The world’s most-wanted drug lord was recaptured in a daring raid by Mexican marines Friday, six months after he fled through a tunnel from a maximum security prison in a made-for-Hollywood escape that deeply embarrassed the government and strained ties with the United States.
Obama mocks ‘conspiracy’ at forum on gun control
President Barack Obama mocked conspiracy theorists and tore into the National Rifle Association for pushing “imaginary fiction,” as he described his plans to tighten gun control rules as modest first steps toward tackling gun violence in America.
Alabama sues federal government over refugee program
Alabama on Thursday became the second state to sue the U.S. government over refugee resettlement, accusing the Obama administration of failing to consult with states on placement of those who have fled their home countries.
Authorities: Terrorism-related arrests made in two states
Authorities said Thursday that two people with ties to the Islamic State have been arrested on terrorism-related charges in California and Texas, including a refugee from Syria who is charged with lying to federal investigators about his travels to the civil war in that country.
Will we ever know if North Korea detonated an hydrogen bomb?
It was, North Korea insists, a successful test of the “H-bomb of justice.”
Sheriff meets with armed group, asks them to leave
Three Oregon sheriffs met with leaders of an armed group to try to persuade them to end their occupation of a federal wildlife refuge after many local residents made it plain that’s what they want.
EPA says pesticide harms bees in some cases
A major pesticide harms honeybees when used on cotton and citrus but not on other big crops like corn, berries and tobacco, the Environmental Protection Agency found.
Cheers for Oregon sheriff who tells armed group to ‘go home’
Cheers erupted at a packed community meeting in rural Oregon when a sheriff said it was time for a small, armed group occupying a national wildlife refuge to “pick up and go home.”
Survey: US progress on health insurance stalled in 2015
Going into President Barack Obama’s last year in office, progress has stalled on reducing the number of uninsured Americans under his signature health care law, according to a major survey out Thursday.
Sister of Sandra Bland: Charge against trooper ‘bittersweet’
The indictment and expected firing of the Texas state trooper who arrested Sandra Bland, a black woman who later died in jail, are “bittersweet” for her sister.
Obama acts alone on gun control
Tears streaking his cheeks, President Barack Obama launched a final-year push Tuesday to tighten sales of firearms in the U.S., using his presidential powers in the absence of tougher gun restrictions that Congress has refused to pass.
GOP candidates call for end to stigma around drug addiction
epublican presidential hopefuls called for a more compassionate discussion around drug addiction Tuesday, with emphasis on substance abuse as a curable disease, not a moral failing.
House vote to send health law repeal to Obama for first time
After dozens of failed attempts to undo President Barack Obama’s health care law, the GOP-led Congress will finally put a bill on the president’s desk striking at the heart of his signature legislative achievement.
North Korea says it tested H-bomb, though advance doubted
Soon after the ground shook around its nuclear testing facility, North Korea trumpeted its first hydrogen bomb test — a powerful, self-proclaimed “H-bomb of justice” that would mark a major and unanticipated advance for its still-limited nuclear arsenal.