Snow, Winds to Taper After Blizzard Cripples East, Kills 17
Washington is on track for one of its top three deepest snows from the storm that snarled ground and air transportation across the...
UN Security Council Considers Burundi Options
US ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power (2nd R) speaks with other UN Security Council ambassadors on January 22, 2016 during a...
Ex-Goldman Director Rajat Gupta Back Home After Prison Stay
Rajat Gupta. Former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. director Rajat Gupta is a free man after serving 19 months in federal prison for leaking...
Aid Workers Report 'Barely Moving Skeletons' in Syria's Madaya
Syrians wait for the arrival of an aid convoy, Jan. 11, 2016, in the besieged town of Madaya as part of a landmark six-month deal reached...
British Rock Icon David Bowie Dies at 69
British Pop Star David Bowie screams into the microphone as he performs on stage during his concert in Vienna, Feb. 4, 1996. British rock...
Obama Rolls Out 'Common-sense' Gun Control Actions
WHITE HOUSE—President Barack Obama on Tuesday announced a series of new "common-sense" measures meant to reduce gun violence, bypassing...
Storms Pound US South; Twister Touches Down in Alabama
Lightning illuminates a house after a tornado touched down in Jefferson County, Ala., damaging several houses in Birmingham, Dec. 25,...
Study: Most Cancers Result From Lifestyle, Not Bad Luck
A new study suggests that genetic "bad luck," which predisposes us to cancer, may be less of an influence on our risk for the disease...
Federal Aid Helps New York's 'Working Poor'
Clients wait in line to shop for food at the St. Vincent de Paul food pantry in Indianapolis, Indiana, in November 2012. NEW YORK—It's...
Shkreli Resigns as Turing CEO After Securities Fraud Arrest
Martin Shkreli, center, leaves the courthouse after his arraignment in New York, Thursday, Dec. 17, 2015. TRENTON, NEW JERSEY—The...
