Some critics say the al-Qaida unit known as the Khorasan Group was bluffed up as an excuse for U.S. airstrikes in Syria. Intelligence officials and analysts say the group exists and is dangerous.
Read More »How Tough Is The Mortgage Market? Even Bernanke Can’t Get Refinanced
The former Fed chair told an audience in Chicago that he was unable to refinance his home loan, adding that lenders "may have gone a little bit too far on mortgage credit conditions."
Read More »Canada Identifies Ship Found From 1846 Arctic Expedition
The announcement that a vessel from the doomed Franklin team had been found came last month, but now archaeologists say they've determined that it's the HMS Erebus.
Read More »Unemployment Falls To 5.9 Percent, Lowest In 6 Years
The U.S. economy also added 248,000 jobs last month, according to Bureau of labor Statistics data that were stronger than expected.
Read More »Kurds In Syria Warn Of Massacre If ISIS Seizes Border Town
Islamic State militants have stepped up attacks on Kobani, which lies along the Turkey-Syria border and has been encircled by the extremists for weeks.
Read More »Hong Kong Protesters Call Off Talks After Mobs Attack Their Camps
In the territory's crowded Mong Kok district, a group of anti-Occupy Central demonstrators broke through police lines and tore up the pro-democracy activists' camp.
Read More »Book News: Nicholas Sparks Is Accused Of Racism And Homophobia
The allegations come in a lawsuit filed by the ex-headmaster at a school that the best-selling writer founded. Also: The Authors Guild reveals it's requested a Justice Department probe of Amazon.
Read More »American Cameraman, Working For NBC News, Tests Positive For Ebola
NBC says Ashoka Mukpo, 33, who was working in Liberia, is being flown back to the United States for treatment. The freelance cameraman came down with symptoms on Wednesday.
Read More »Supreme Court Will Consider Abercrombie’s Religious Discrimination Case
At issue is whether the retailer discriminated against a Muslim woman over a headscarf. The government says yes; the retailer says the woman didn't tell them she wore the hijab for religious reasons.
Read More »Supreme Court Declines To Hear Gay-Marriage Cases … For Now
Although there are seven same-sex-marriage cases pending before the court, the justices like to thoroughly vet a big issue like this before they choose which cases to hear and when.
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