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The U.N. Commission of Inquiry on Syria recently determined that the fighting in Syria is not an "armed conflict" (PDF) -- the legal term for war -- under international law because the opposition forces are not sufficiently organized. Yet surely the protesters, dissident fighters and terrified citizens caught up in the violence in Syria believe they are at war.

Several people were reported injured on a United Airlines flight that encountered turbulence over Lake Charles, Louisiana, on Wednesday, said Lynn Lunsford of the Federal Aviation Administration.

Van Jones,author and co-founder of Rebuild the Dream, on his assertion that the White House underestimates its opponents.

The U.S. has a health care crisis. So, Gloria Borger asks, what do we get? A one-party law heading for a partisan court ruling.

Tim Stanley says Romney appears to be trailing Obama with women voters. If he wants to be president, he needs to rediscover the empathetic side that got him elected governor in Massachusetts

GOP presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney had what could be a game-changing night Tuesday, sweeping three primaries and putting more distance between himself and closest pursuer Rick Santorum in the race for delegates.

Despite disappointing finishes in all three of Tuesday's Republican primaries, Rick Santorum showed no sign of letting up in his quest to win the Republican presidential nomination.

The United Nations Children's Fund set in motion a worldwide social media campaign Tuesday to raise awareness about children in the Sahel region in northern Africa who are in urgent need of food aid.

While Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich can sustain their bare-bones insurgent campaigns long enough to fight through the spring, GOP frontrunner Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama have already moved on to the next battlefield.

More than a dozen tornadoes may have hit north Texas Tuesday, damaging hundreds of homes. No deaths are reported.

With his victories in Maryland, Wisconsin and the District of Columbia, Mitt Romney now looks unbeatable. He has more than half the delegates necessary to clinch the nomination. Republicans are signaling boredom with the contest, and it's becoming harder and harder to justify Rick Santorum's ongoing insurgency.

Despite disappointing finishes in all three of Tuesday's Republican primaries, Rick Santorum showed no sign of letting up in his quest to win the Republican presidential nomination.

While the story behind Trayvon Martin's shooting death continues to grab headlines, interest in the case is sharply divided along partisan and racial lines, according to a new study by Pew Research Center.

When Mitt Romney heard he had won Wisconsin's primary -- capping off a trio of victories on Tuesday -- he jumped up and said: "Let's go!"

When Mitt Romney heard he had won Wisconsin's primary -- capping off a trio of victories on Tuesday -- he jumped up and said: "Let's go!"

The man accused of gunning down seven people at a California religious college from which he was expelled will be arraigned Wednesday.

Forty-four years after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was gunned down on the balcony of a Memphis hotel, the Tennessee city is overcoming what some call protracted guilt and embarrassment, and naming a street in his honor.

A U.N. advance peacekeeping team is heading to Damascus to discuss deploying observers to monitor a cease-fire, as violence shows no sign of abating.

More than a decade after a terrorist attack brought down New York's twin towers, their replacement -- an emerging new addition to the Manhattan skyline -- has nearly reached a landmark height.

After winning all three primaries on Tuesday night, Mitt Romney looks to Pennsylvania for what could be a decisive blow.