KABUL (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Afghan President Hamid Karzai made a show of rare, recent unity between their two nations on Monday, as the U.S. military ceded control of its last detention ... Read more
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — When Alissa and Robbie Parker met face to face recently with the father of the young man who killed their daughter and 19 other first-graders at Sandy Hook Elementary School, they weren't ... Read more
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis offered intimate insights Saturday into the moments after his election, telling journalists that he was immediately inspired to take the name of St. Francis of Assisi because of ... Read more
HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Texans will meet with free agent safety Ed Reed on Thursday. The team said on its Twitter site that general manager Rick Smith is flying to pick up Reed in a private jet owned by team ... Read more
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Casey Anthony has come out of seclusion for a meeting with the creditors in her bankruptcy case in Tampa. Dressed all in black, Anthony arrived with her attorney several hours early for the ... Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has phoned Russian President Vladimir Putin, welcoming Russian cooperation on international efforts to confront Iran's nuclear ambitions. The White House says the two men ... Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker John Boehner, emerging Friday from a White House meeting with President Barack Obama and congressional leaders, declared that higher taxes won't be part of any deal to solve the ... Read more
BRUSSELS (AP) — With cyberthreats escalating, the next meeting of NATO defense ministers will include a major focus on cybersecurity, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta said. Panetta said he called on NATO to ... Read more