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It's the top-secret mission that never was: the US plan to oust Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad in 2012. A former CIA agent named Douglas Laux reveals the Obama administration's paralysis -- and that of our European alli...

the Supreme Court just issued a split 4-to-4 decision, which means the lower-court ruling protecting unions stays in place for the time being. The case will likely wind up back before the court in the future, but for now...

An activist group held a "smoke-in" in front of the White House on Saturday in an effort to urge President Barack Obama to reschedule marijuana's current classification.

Argentine forensic experts who have studied a dump in southern Mexico where government officials claim the bodies of 43 missing students were burned said Saturday that results from a new investigation of the site are inc...

Retired U.S. soccer star Abby Wambach was arrested early Sunday on a DUI charge in Portland, Oregon, ESPN reports. Booking records for the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office show the 35-year-old was released. The sport's ...

Batman v Superman plunged 68.4% on its second weekend, giving it the seventh-biggest second-weekend drop for any major comic book movie on record.

Trump said he may not support the eventual Republican nominee

Pope Francis has announced a special collection to help people in Ukraine suffering amid conflict "who thirst for peace and reconciliation." …

A Muslim family is requesting a formal apology from United Airlines after being removed from a flight at Chicago O'Hare International Airport last month.

Australian officials say a piece of debris found on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius will be examined by investigators to see if it came from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. …

At least two dead and dozens wounded when train hit a backhoe on the track, fire official says.

Heart failure patients with clogged arteries have a better chance of surviving 10 years if they get bypass surgery plus medicine rather than just drugs alone, an international study found

Thousands of Poles are protesting a possible tightening of the country's abortion law, already one of the most restrictive in Europe. …

Casualties on the rise in Afghan conflict, but EU plans to deport 80,000 refugees back to the wartorn country.

Congress increasingly is being defined by what it's not doing this election year. The Senate returns this week with a strong majority of Republicans saying no to any consideration of President Barack Obama's nominee to t...

Two vans have collided in southwestern Saudi Arabia, killing 15 people, including six children. …

Kosovo police say a hand grenade has been hurled overnight at a sports hall that was to host a meeting with Serbia's visiting prime minister

While America's first-graders are learning how to read and perform basic math, 6-year-olds in Italy will be schooled in the history of wine and how to drink it responsibly. A new bill that has been introduced in Italy ai...

The kids are all right--a young entrepreneur, a girl who took time to thank cops, and a teenage crimefighter are among this week's list of fe...          

Donald Trump has apparently decided that he's the master of the long-form interview, so he's been giving a bunch of them lately. But they raise a question: does Trump really think he's impressing people in these intervie...

Speaking Saturday at the North Dakota Republican convention, presidential hopeful Ted Cruz threw familiar barbs at GOP front-runner Donald Trump. The blustery billionaire would be a "train wreck" in a general election sa...

Retired World Cup soccer champion Abby Wambach was arrested for investigation of driving under the influence.