Washington family's biracial roots get nod Posted: 17 Sep 2016 07:55 AM PDT Historians are now recognizing that the first U.S. president's family tree was biracial from its earliest branches. |
Clinton’s big push to win back millennials Posted: 17 Sep 2016 01:44 PM PDT The Democratic presidential candidate's campaign has deployed the party's most popular surrogates to college campuses in swing states. |
'Coalition raid' on ISIS rattles truce Posted: 17 Sep 2016 04:50 PM PDT U.S. officials said an airstrike on Islamic militants may have hit Syrian military positions. |
Trump glosses over past, hopes voters do too Posted: 17 Sep 2016 03:19 PM PDT Donald Trump is brazenly betting that voters now settling on their choice for president are willing to shove aside his behavior. |
Ex-Pentagon chief: Trump is 'beyond repair' Posted: 17 Sep 2016 11:20 AM PDT Robert Gates critiqued both candidates but blasted Donald Trump as being "unqualified and unfit to be commander-in-chief." |
Putin doubts U.S. pledge to Syria truce Posted: 17 Sep 2016 04:29 PM PDT Russia suggests Washington isn't prepared to break with "terrorist elements" fighting Syria's Assad. |
Doctor declares Mike Pence healthy Posted: 17 Sep 2016 01:09 PM PDT The 57-year-old Republican vice presidential nominee has released a letter vouching for his "excellent" health. |
Nigerian president plagiarizes Obama speech Posted: 17 Sep 2016 08:51 AM PDT Muhammadu Buhari has apologized for using portions of President Obama's 2008 victory speech. |
W. Philly shootout turns deadly; 2 cops wounded Posted: 17 Sep 2016 08:11 AM PDT A gunman ambushes the cops, kills a civilian, and injures three other people before he is shot dead, officials say. |
Fla. Zika zone expanded after new cases surface Posted: 17 Sep 2016 03:32 AM PDT "We have a serious problem," Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine said after five additional cases are confirmed. |
Trump suggests disarming Clinton's Secret Service Posted: 16 Sep 2016 07:42 PM PDT The comment evokes a previous comment the GOP nominee made that Democrats condemned as a call for an assassination. |
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright dies at 88 Posted: 16 Sep 2016 08:18 PM PDT Edward Albee ushered in a new era of American drama with "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" and "Three Tall Women." |
Powell discussed secret Israeli nukes in email Posted: 16 Sep 2016 04:05 PM PDT The retired U.S. Army general discussed the Jewish state's nuclear weapons capability with a friend, saying it has 200 warheads. |
Black leaders denigrate Trump over ‘birther’ flip Posted: 16 Sep 2016 03:29 PM PDT Members of the Congressional Black Caucus were outraged, and one called the GOP nominee a "cheap racist." |