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"I promised Wray I would never give up the fight." It was a wife's final pledge to her dying husband, who was once identified as Medical Volunteer No. 6692 at Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's sister lost her bid for a seat in the nation's parliamentary elections, a result seen as a blow to the controversial leader and, according to one analyst, a "possible sign of fraud."

Thirteen people were shot outside a nightclub in Tempe, Arizona, police said Saturday.

Despite soaring reports of bloodshed at the hands of Syrian forces, some protesters in the devastated city of Homs continue demonstrating against the regime, opposition activists said.

The recent burning of Qurans at a NATO base in Afghanistan involved five American servicemen and a local translator, according to a NATO official familiar with the investigations.

A new wave of storms swept across the Southeast today, after deadly weather ripped through the South and Midwest a day earlier.

A funeral service is planned Saturday for one of three teens killed by a gunman who prowled the halls at an Ohio high school, firing at students

BP and plaintiffs involved in the high-profile legal battle over the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico have reached an agreement, a judge said late Friday.

Police are hunting a 22-year-old armored truck driver from Pittsburgh who allegedly shot and killed his partner and then took off with about $2 million in cash.

John Avlon says the Senator is among a dwindling cohort of centrist politicians fed up with the polarization holding democracy hostage

American Airlines is offering another option to the passenger who is tired of jamming his knees into a fellow flier's back. The carrier's new "Main Cabin Extra" seats in coach will offer four to six inches of additional legroom.

Forty delegates are up for grabs when Washington state holds its Republican presidential caucuses on Saturday, but much more than that -- a quick shot of momentum going into Super Tuesday is also at stake.

The man Tyler Clementi was intimate with just days before his suicide took the stand Friday, telling jurors that he had noticed a web camera aimed at Clementi's bed.

A civilian mortician who was recently demoted for misconduct in handling remains of the U.S. military's war dead has resigned, the U.S. Office of Special Counsel said Friday.

As bloody month after bloody month goes by, the United States grows ever more committed to overthrowing the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The cause is undoubtedly a just one: Avaaz, the human rights group that has been most deeply involved in the Syria crisis, reported Thursday morning that "17 civilians were beheaded or partially beheaded by regime security forces" outside of Baba Amro, the besieged Homs district that will likely soon fall to al-Assad's tanks, if it hasn't already.

Several advocacy groups and lawmakers have called for Richard Cebull's resignation, but the federal judge from Montana will probably not face any harsh punitive action for forwarding a racist message about President Barak Obama.

President Barack Obama says he isn't bluffing when he says Iran shouldn't have a nuclear weapon, but he cautions against a premature Israeli strike against the Islamic republic.

One step forward, one step back -- that seems to be Mitt Romney's signature dance in the Republican presidential race.

A devastating storm system moved across the United States on Friday, spawning a slew of tornadoes that contributed to at least 28 fatalities in Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio.

The cafeteria table where the deadly Ohio high school shooting began became a somber memorial for grief-stricken students returning for Friday first full day of classes since the incident.