Syrian intelligence agency says it thwarted a planned Islamic State attack on a Shiite shrine
Intelligence officials in Syria’s new de facto government thwarted a plan by the Islamic State group to set off a bomb at a Shiite shrine in the Damascus suburb of Sayyida ...
SALT-focused Republicans to meet with Trump as they threaten to hold up bill
Republicans who are pledging to withhold support for President-elect Trump’s ambitious agenda if the state and local tax (SALT) deduction cap is not raised are set to meet with the incoming ...
China and the UK restart economic and financial talks after a 6-year hiatus
China and Britain restarted economic and financial talks on Saturday after a six-year hiatus during a visit by Britain’s ...
Trump’s words on Greenland and borders ring alarms in Europe, but officials have a guarded response
President-elect Donald Trump has tossed expansionist rhetoric at U.S. allies and potential adversaries with arguments that the frontiers of American power need to be extended into ...
Uyghurs detained in Thailand say they face deportation and persecution in China
A group of Uyghur men who were detained in Thailand over a decade ago say that the Thai government is preparing to deport ...
With their Los Angeles-area homes still smoldering, families return to search the ruins for memories
Many watched their homes burn on television in a state of shock. Since the flames erupted in and around Los Angeles, scores ...
Sam Moore, who sang ‘Soul Man’ in Sam & Dave duo, dies at 89 due to surgery complications
Sam Moore, the surviving half and higher voice of the 1960s duo Sam & Dave that was known for such definitive hits of the era as “Soul Man” and “Hold On, I’m ...
Bill McCartney, who coached Colorado to its only football national championship in 1990, has died
Bill McCartney, who coached Colorado to its only football national championship in 1990, has died. He was 84. McCartney died Friday night “after a courageous journey with ...
Californians scrambled to evacuate dogs, cats, horses, even pigs as LA flames closed in
Arianna Buturovic kept a wary eye on distant smoke from the rescue shelter she runs outside Los Angeles for dogs at risk of ...
Some US lawmakers want more Christianity in the classroom. Trump could embolden their plans
Conservative lawmakers across the U.S. are pushing to introduce more Christianity to public school classrooms, testing the ...
Winter weather limits North Carolina governor’s inauguration to TV speech
With an outdoor public inauguration ceremony canceled due to winter weather, new North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein instead ...
Powerful winter storm that dumped snow in US South maintains its icy grip
A winter storm that dropped heavy snow and glazed roads throughout the U.S. South was maintaining its icy grip on much of the ...