Afghan Crisis Grows as Push to Retake Kunduz Fails
After a promised counterattack fell apart, with Taliban insurgents surrounding the airport, the U.S. conducted at least two airstrikes to assist the government.
After a promised counterattack fell apart, with Taliban insurgents surrounding the airport, the U.S. conducted at least two airstrikes to assist the government.
On the long list of Moscow’s goals in building up its military presence in Syria, taking on the Islamic State is but one entry, foreign policy experts say.
Jennifer Berry, 33, was charged with second-degree murder after her baby girl was thrown from a seventh-floor window in the Bronx, the authorities said.
In testimony before a House committee, Cecile Richards deplored what she called “outrageous accusations” that her organization profits from the sale of fetal tissue.
Nineteen interviews with Senator Edward M. Kennedy, along with 170 more with colleagues, aides and others about his 46-year career, were released on Wednesday.
Pope Francis met secretly in Washington last week with the county clerk who defied a court order to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, her lawyer said.
Kelly Renee Gissendaner, 47, was put to death after exhausting her appeals. The only woman on Georgia’s death row, she was convicted of orchestrating her husband’s 1997 murder.
Before the layoffs at Toys “R” Us headquarters in New Jersey, an accountant said, a young woman from India on a temporary visa “shadowed me everywhere, even to the ladies’ room.”
Explorers’ claims that they had found tunnels and a long-lost train loaded with gold, gems and armaments from World War II have set off a frenzy in southwest Poland.
Where does Donald J. Trump’s political adventure end? “I have no idea. But I’m here now. And it’s beautiful.”
The 75-year-old designer will stay active with new roles in the company while giving Stefan Larsson, president of Old Navy, responsibility for day-to-day management.
Senator Mitch McConnell and Speaker John A. Boehner have developed a bond that has not always existed between House and Senate leaders of the same party.
The state system for disciplining officers who batter inmates without cause is even worse than in the city jails.
The Indonesian government should end its silence over the killing of more than 500,000 people in 1965.
Starting Oct. 3, home mortgage lenders will use new consumer disclosure forms that explicitly break down the costs and terms associated with a loan.
A penthouse atop a converted warehouse, with a landscaped terrace and a reflecting pool, was the sale of the week.