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FBI uses drones inside U.S. for spying, director says

WASHINGTON — FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III testified Wednesday that the controversial National Security Agency surveillance...

Afghan government to shun U.S. talks with Taliban

KABUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Revived Afghan peace talks hit their first roadblock on Wednesday, a day after they were announced, as Afghan...

HPV vaccines cut rates of infection: CDC

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. introduction of a vaccine to prevent cervical cancer in 2006 has reduced infections with the human...

Obama defends U.S. intelligence strategy in wary Berlin

BERLIN (Reuters) - President Barack Obama defended U.S. anti-terrorism tactics on a visit to Berlin on Wednesday, telling wary Germans...

Feds considering call to reopen TWA Flight 800 investigation

Federal officials are weighing a request to reopen the investigation of the 1996 explosion and crash of TWA Flight 800 that went down off...

Murkowski now third GOP senator to back same-sex marriage

WASHINGTON Sen. Lisa Murkowski, (R-Ala.), said Wednesday she's changed her views and now supports gay marriage, becoming the third Senate...

Senators broker tentative deal to end immigration bill logjam

WASHINGTON — Key senators brokered a tentative deal Wednesday to strengthen the border security provisions in the immigration bill,...

Report cites Russia, China among worst in human trafficking

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An annual U.S. State Department report on Wednesday cited Russia and China among the world's worst offenders in...

Somali Islamist rebels attack U.N. base, 22 dead

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Islamist militants carried out a deadly assault on the main U.N. compound in the Somali capital on Wednesday,...

Fed holds steady on interest rates, sees risk easing

WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve policymakers said Wednesday that they would continue the central bank’s controversial bond-buying...

Search for Hoffa's body ends with no remains found

OAKLAND TOWNSHIP, Michigan (Reuters) - The latest search for the remains of former Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa ended on Wednesday in a...

More charges planned against accused Cleveland kidnapper

CLEVELAND (Reuters) - Prosecutors want to bring additional charges as soon as possible against a former Cleveland school-bus driver...

Despite controversies, Obama's approval holds steady in poll

Despite several weeks of troubles, including controversy over IRS targeting of conservative groups and National Security Agency surveillance...

Confessed killer says did not dictate deal to turn on 'Whitey' Bulger

BOSTON (Reuters) - An altar-boy-turned-gang-enforcer told jurors at the trial of accused mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger on Wednesday that he...

NSA head, lawmakers defend surveillance programs

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the National Security Agency said U.S. surveillance programs had helped disrupt more than 50 possible...

Colorado wildfire destroys more than 500 homes, new blazes menace West

DENVER/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The number of homes destroyed by a Colorado wildfire rose above 500 on Tuesday as rain dampened the flames...

Arizona construction collapse kills one, injures one

PHOENIX (Reuters) - Temporary framing beneath a freeway overpass in Mesa, Arizona, collapsed on Wednesday, killing one construction worker...

Journalist Michael Hastings dies in L.A. car crash

Journalist Michael Hastings, best known for

Accused Colorado theater gunman's lawyers seek psychiatric hospital video

DENVER (Reuters) - Attorneys for the former graduate student charged with shooting 12 moviegoers to death in a Denver-area theater last...

Rohani once approved of hiding Iran atomic work

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Years before he became Iran's president-elect, Hassan Rohani spoke approvingly about concealing his nation's...