PARIS (AP) — The al-Qaida-linked warlord Abou Zeid was killed in combat with French-led troops in Mali in February, France said Saturday, ending weeks of uncertainty about whether one of the group's leading ... Read more
DECATUR, Texas (AP) — A former Colorado inmate being investigated in the death of the state prisons chief and a pizza deliveryman died Friday after a harrowing 100-mph car chase and shootout with police in ... Read more
DECATUR, Texas (AP) — Investigators from three Colorado police agencies rushed to Texas to determine if a man identified as a parolee, who was critically wounded by Texas police after a harrowing 100-mph car ... Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Energy Committee on Thursday endorsed President Barack Obama's nomination of Sally Jewell to be Interior secretary, moving her nomination to the Senate floor for an expected vote ... Read more
MONUMENT, Colo. (AP) — The executive director of the Colorado Department of Corrections was shot and killed when he answered the front door of his house, and police are searching for the gunman and trying to ... Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee says he fears a "stain on our national credibility" if the United States determines that Syria's Bashar Assad is using chemical weapons to ... Read more
OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — The head of the National Rifle Association is attacking President Barack Obama's call for mandatory background checks for gun owners. The NRA's Wayne LaPierre says those who favor mandatory ... Read more
BRUSSELS (AP) — The chief of Syria's main, Western-backed rebel group marked the second anniversary of the start of the uprising against President Bashar Assad on Friday by pledging to fight until the "criminal" ... Read more
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Jonathan Duncan has 18 months to prove he can run the NCAA's enforcement department effectively, efficiently and within the rules. Then President Mark Emmert will decide whether the new ... Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — The top U.S. intelligence chief says that budget cuts have jeopardized America's security and safety — and will only get worse over time. Director of National Intelligence James R. ... Read more