Suicide bomber kills at least 16 at Russian train station

VOLGOGRAD, Russia (Reuters) - A suicide attacker set off a bomb in the entrance hall of a Russian train station on Sunday, investigators...

Justice Sotomayor to drop ball, not gavel, in Times Square

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor will take center stage among about 1 million revelers in New York'...

Obamacare health-plan enrollments rise sharply in December

WASHINGTON — More than 1.1 million people have enrolled in health insurance plans through the marketplace operated by the federal...

First legal marijuana retailers to open Jan. 1 in Colorado

DENVER (Reuters) - The world's first state-licensed marijuana retailers, catering to Colorado's newly legal recreational market for pot, are...

Cracking ice bodes well for Antarctica ship rescue

PERTH, Australia (Reuters) - Ice that has trapped a Russian ship with 74 people on board in Antarctica appeared to be cracking up on Sunday,...

Hacker took over BBC server, trired to sell access on Christmas

BOSTON (Reuters) - A hacker secretly took over a computer server at the BBC, Britain's public broadcaster, and then launched a Christmas Day...

Skirmishes flare over WWI centennial plans

FOLKESTONE, England — The war that was supposed to end all wars didn't. But who knew it would still be causing skirmishes nearly a...

France cleared to impose controversial 'millionaire tax'

PARIS (Reuters) - France's Constitutional Council gave the green light on Sunday to the government's controversial 'millionaire tax', to...

Suspect in Colorado triple murder is captured at Oklahoma motel

A month-long nationwide manhunt for a man accused of murdering three people and burning down their home in Colorado ended Saturday night...

Two die in pair of avalanches in Wyoming

Two avalanches that hit within hours of each other killed a skier and a snowmobile rider this week in Wyoming.

Tempers flare as power outages persist in Michigan, Maine

Flo Baerren of Lansing, Mich., was planning on giving her granddaughter a hand-knit quilt for Christmas when she went to Chicago to see...

Arizona homeowners allege negligence in fighting Yarnell Hill fire

Ninety-one residents who lost their homes in the Yarnell Hill fire in June have filed claims against the state, local government and fire...

Denver issues 10 finalized licenses to recreational marijuana stores

The cannabis market in Colorado continues to reach new highs as several store owners in Denver picked up their retail marijuana licenses&...

Alabama lawmaker to propose resolution backing 'Duck Dynasty' star

The controversy over "Duck Dynasty" has worked its way from public air waves into the halls of the Alabama State House, with one lawmaker...

Newtown massacre: Redacted report details bullet holes, casings, grief

NEW YORK--Connecticut officials on Friday released the full police report on the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, unsealing...

Utilities still working to restore electricity in Michigan, Maine

Utilities in several states and Canada on Friday continued to work on repairs, hoping to bring tens of thousands of customers back on line...

Second bombing in a week targets security forces in Egypt

CAIRO -- An explosion hit a military intelligence building northeast of Cairo on Sunday, the second blast in less than a week to strike an...

Most Iranian lawmakers back nuclear speedup if U.S. adds sanctions

TEHRAN — More than two-thirds of the Iranian parliament has signed on to a bill that would accelerate Iran’s nuclear program...

Mourners salute Lebanon politician killed in bombing

AMMAN, Jordan — Mourners in Beirut paid emotional tribute Sunday to a well-known Lebanese politician who was killed Friday in a car...

Israel publishes new list of Palestinian prisoners to be released

JERUSALEM -- Amid political and public debate, Israel approved the latest list of Palestinian prisoners it plans to release from jail this...

Female suicide bomber kills 14 at Russian rail station

MOSCOW — At least 14 people were killed and 43 injured in a suicide bombing Sunday afternoon at the railway station in Volgograd, an...

Rocket fired from Lebanon sparks Israeli retaliation

JERUSALEM -- In the first border flare-up of its kind in four months, a Katyusha rocket fired from Lebanon struck northern Israel on Sunday,...

Armed youths reported to be marching toward South Sudan town

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Thousands of armed youths loyal to South Sudan’s rebel leader are preparing to launch an assault on...

At least one dead as protest on Cairo campus turns violent

CAIRO -- Violent clashes at an Islamic university that has become a flash point for protests left at least one student dead Saturday,...