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For decades, criminal investigators have known that the best way to obtain and preserve reliable information is to electronically record interviews and interrogations. And yet agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigatio...

A Russian fighter jet buzzed dangerously close to a U.S. military plane in April, a U.S. official said Tuesday, describing the fly-by as "straight out of a movie."

Obama to appoint new ambassador to Mogadishu, 23 years after the US mission in the country closed.

Chief of the National Security Agency Admiral Michael Rogers on Tuesday defended the agency's use of a facial-recognition program and said that it follows legal procedures while using the method on U.S. citizens, even as...

Two soldiers said Tuesday that a noncommissioned sexual-assault prevention officer at Fort Hood recruited them and other cash-strapped female soldiers to join a prostitution ring.

Military capabilities in eastern Europe to be stepped up following Moscow's annexation of Crimea and Ukraine crisis.

The family members of three United States citizens killed in American drone strikes without trial will not appeal a judge's dismissal of a lawsuit they filed against administration officials.

A CNN investigation finds evidence an airstrike was responsible for a deadly attack in Ukraine -- despite official denials -- in what is believed to be the first time Ukraine's air force has killed civilians.

DAMASCUS, Syria --The few voters who trickled into a polling station in central Damascus chatted about the blue ink in which they were required to dip their finger prior to voting, and the needles that the polling statio...

Washington breaks the headline-making news that the U.S. is not ready for a crewed Mars mission. Why this is all about one Senator's career

Katy Perry, Kim Kardashian, Alanis Morissette couldn't save Marianne Williamson.

On the 10th anniversary of his death, a look at the president whose name has become synonymous with 'conservative'

Astronomers have added an ultraviolet perspective to an ultra-deep field view of the universe taken by the Hubble Space Telescope over the past decade.

Two 12-year-old Wisconsin girls, each facing up to 65 years in prison for allegedly stabbing a friend nearly to death on Saturday, said the gruesome act was motivated by an Internet urban legend.

Commander was removed from his duties in April.

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Bowe Bergdahl's hometown has cancelled his welcome home celebration, matching the tone of the nation's welcome.

Hollywood dreams of new ways to film aerial shots as it fights a rule banning it from using drones.

By a decisive 20 percentage-point margin, Americans think the country is weaker under the leadership of President Obama, whose White House is seen as less competent than the previous two administrations. 

Known as mirrorless cameras, they aim for a middle ground between D.S.L.R. models and the point-and-shoot variety.

Some collectors who donated work to the Museum of Contemporary Art in North Miami have filed a motion in court clarifying that their gifts were to the nonprofit museum, not the city.