President Dmitry Medvedev of Russia chided officials in the ruling Kremlin-backed party with unprecedented bluntness on Saturday, saying they should stop trying to manipulate elections and learn to win fairly.
In a show of unity, Senate Democrats sealed a 60-vote majority needed to advance health care legislation Saturday ahead of an evening showdown with Republicans eager to doom the bill and inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama.
Computer hackers have broken into a server at a well-respected climate change research center in Britain and posted hundreds of private e-mails and documents online — stoking debate over whether some scientists have overstated the case for man-made climate change.
Hamas announced Saturday evening that it has reached an agreement with other militant groups in Gaza to stop firing rockets at southern Israeli towns to prevent retaliatory attacks.
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — Sen. John McCain says he has no doubt that “political correctness” played a role in preventing concerns about the alleged Fort Hood gunman from reaching the right people.
KNOXVILLE -- Monte Kiffin didn't get to this point in his career by making excuses, and the University of Tennessee defensive coordinator didn't take that route Thursday afternoon.
The Rev. Terri Lowe, minister of church administration at First Baptist Church, said she was so frustrated Friday she nearly went out and got a tattoo.
Nobody wanted to leave Red Bank Community Stadium. Each team, one elated and the other shocked and dismayed at Greeneville's 14-13 upset over the state's top-ranked Class 4A team, took opposite ends.
Hamilton County School administrators and Board of Education members reviewed preliminary facilities plans that call for the construction of several new schools and the possible closure of three.
Boyd-Buchanan coach Grant Reynolds said during the week that staying on the positive side in turnovers would be paramount in Friday’s Class 2A high school football quarterfinal against Cascade. His team overdid it.
Step outside Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Studios and into the near west side neighborhood that’s been home to her television talk show for two decades, and it’s easy to get a sense of what she’s meant to Chicago.
TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian state TV is reporting that the country will begin large-scale air defense war games Sunday aimed at protecting nuclear facilities against any possible attack.
WASHINGTON — A crucial first Senate vote on President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul in a rare Saturday night session looms as a test of Democratic unity and the president’s prestige.
ow that unemployment has topped 10 percent, some liberal-leaning economists see confirmation of their warnings that the $787 billion stimulus package President Barack Obama signed into law last February was way too small. The economy needs a second big infusion, they say.