As Karzai's government considers negotiating with Taliban, retreat from hard-won progress is worry for Afghan women.
The Afghan government was holding secret talks with the Taliban's No. 2 when he was captured in Pakistan, and the arrest infuriated President Hamid Karzai, according to a Karzai advisers.
Faced with a drop in gambling revenue, states add new games, considering new casinos and increasing lottery options — anything to keep their cut of the profits rolling in.
U.S. and Mexican officials have launched an investigation into the killing of an American couple and a Mexican man with ties to the U.S. Consulate by suspected drug gang hitmen.
Dozens of Palestinian stone-throwers clash with Israeli police in East Jerusalem on a "day of rage" Hamas Islamists declare in protest at Israel's consecration of an ancient synagogue.
As hundreds of injured survivors of the Haiti earthquake overwhelmed Florida hospitals in January, state officials pleaded with the federal government for basic information.
Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the top American commander in Afghanistan, has brought most American Special Operations forces under his direct control for the first time.
A new Democratic Senate bill to tame the financial markets would give the government broader powers to break up firms that threaten the economy.
A torrential rainstorm that brought heavy winds to the Northeast, is causing road and airport disruptions in Boston and other parts of New England.
English progressive rockers turned 1980s pop stars Genesis and the harmony-driven Hollies were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Monday, joined by ABBA, another act that thrived in a second life.
President Barack Obama said Monday that he is confident that House Democrats will rally together to pass sweeping health care reform legislation in a vote expected to take place this week.
The estate of Michael Jackson has landed the late King of Pop the biggest recording deal in history: a $200 million guaranteed contract with Sony Music Entertainment.
Babies love a beat, according to a new study that found dancing comes naturally to infants.
Undefeated Connecticut earned the No. 1 overall seed for the NCAA women’s basketball tournament. UConn (33-0), which has won an NCAA record 72 straight games, will try to complete the sixth perfect season in women’s basketball history,
Toyota said there were "significant inconsistencies" between a California man's claim that his Prius sped out of control and the findings of the company's preliminary investigation.
An Illinois insurance executive who secretly shot nude videos of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews was sentenced Monday to 2½ years in prison after giving a tearful apology that was harshly rebuked by his victim.
The mother of eight reportedly isn’t talking to her fellow contestants at rehearsals. She can’t — Gosselin is rehearsing from her home in Pennsylvania, not in L.A. where the show is taped.