Slight relief from oppressive heat
The heat that blanketed much of the U.S. is expected to go from unbearable to merely very hot Sunday as temperatures from the Midwest to the East Coast drop from highs above 100 degrees down to the 90s.Read More ...
Little hope for compromise in Congress
Republicans and Democrats in Congress who congratulated themselves for passing relatively routine legislation before July 4 are returning to the Capitol for a summer stocked with political show votes and no serious role for bipartisanship.Read More ...
The ‘New Gestapo’? Governor blasts expansion of IRS
"You must buy health insurance or pay the new Gestapo – the I.R.S."Read More ...
Liberal party says it is in lead in Libya election
A liberal alliance led by a former Libyan rebel prime minister said Sunday the party's unofficial preliminary results put it in the lead in the country's landmark parliamentary elections, the first since the ouster of dictator Moammar Gadhafi.Read More ...
McConnell sees closely divided Senate coming
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell says the odds of Republicans taking over the Senate after November's elections and him becoming the new majority leader are "50-50."Read More ...
Egypt's president orders dissolved parliament back to work
Egypt's new president decreed on Sunday that the dissolved Islamist-led parliament should reconvene until a new one was elected, apparently reversing a decision by generals who had dismissed the assembly based on a court ruling.Read More ...
Leaks, lies, auditions are all part of veepstakes
Leaks are springing. Trial balloons are floating. Egos are being stroked. Wanna-bes are auditioning. And, chances are, lies are being told.Read More ...
Assad accuses U.S. of fueling Syrian uprising
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Maine Sen. Collins' Voting Streak Approaches 5,000
Maine Sen. Collins can boast she's never missed a roll call as 5,000th consecutive vote nearsRead More ...
North Korea TV shows Mickey Mouse, Winnie the Pooh
Mickey Mouse and Winnie the Pooh took the stage in North Korea during a concert for new leader Kim Jong Un in an unusual performance featuring Disney characters.Read More ...
Death toll hits 150 from floods in southern Russia
The death toll rose to at least 150 on Sunday from severe flooding in the Black Sea region of southern Russia that turned streets into rivers, swept away bridges and inundated thousands of homes as many residents were sleeping.Read More ...
Germany, France urge closer European unity
The desecration of dozens of graves of Germans killed in World War I and buried in a French cemetery clouded a historic meeting Sunday by the leaders of the two nations, who urged Europeans to set aside economic worries and deepen their union.Read More ...
Syrian military conducts large-scale exercises
Syria's military began large-scale exercises simulating defense against outside "aggression," the state-run news agency said Sunday — an apparent warning to other countries not to intervene in the country's crisis.Read More ...
Terror suspect tracked to London Olympic Park
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Bombs, attacks kill 23 in southern Afghanistan
Roadside bombs and insurgent attacks killed 16 Afghan civilians, five policemen and two members of the U.S.-led coalition in southern Afghanistan where militants are trying to reclaim territory, Afghan and NATO authorities said Sunday.
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Sunshine 'unlikely' for London Olympics
Sunny weather in London is "very unlikely" during the Olympic Games which begin later this month, forecasters said after the wettest June on record in Britain.Read More ...
Congressman Barney Frank marries longtime partner
Congressman Barney Frank, D-Mass., tied the knot with his long time partner Jim Ready this weekend, according to a news release from Frank’s office. Frank, 72, and Ready, 42, were married at the Boston Marriott Hotel in Newton, Mass. Saturday night. They have been together...Read More ...
Donors offer $16 billion in aid for Afghanistan
Major donors pledged on Sunday to give Afghanistan $16 billion in development aid through 2015 as they try to prevent it from sliding back into chaos when foreign troops leave, but demanded reforms to fight widespread corruption. Donor fatigue and war weariness have taken their toll on how long the global community is willing to support Afghanistan and there are concerns about security following the withdrawal of most NATO troops in 2014 if financial backing is not secured. "Afghanistan's security cannot only be measured by the absence of war," U.S. ...Read More ...
Morocco sex debate rages after imam's death call
The call by a radical Moroccan imam for the death of a journalist who spoke out in defence of sexual freedom has ignited a fierce debate between Islamists and secularists in a country torn between modernity and religious tradition.Read More ...
Chinese miners rescued after days underground
Eight Chinese miners were rescued Sunday after being trapped underground for more than three days in a flooded coal mine, while seven workers in another mine were killed by a gas explosion.Read More ...
Republicans hold 'Super Saturday' to energize voters
Thousands of Republican volunteers braved scorching temperatures to knock on doors and canvass voters on Saturday as the party staged its first "Super Saturday" blitz hoping to energize supporters and rival Democrats' volunteer mobilization. Republican party officials said volunteers were out in a dozen battleground states expected to see close contests in the November 6 election between Democratic President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney. ...Read More ...
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