The Pentagon is looking at whether senior military officials pressured intelligence analysts into painting a rosy picture of the fight against the militant group.
Read More »Army To Open A Hearing On Former Taliban Prisoner, An Accused Deserter
Officials begin proceedings Thursday on whether to court-martial Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. He is charged with deserting his post in eastern Afghanistan and misbehavior before the enemy.
Read More »Two People Still Unaccounted For In Utah Floods; Death Toll Now At 18
Search crews continue to look for a missing hiker in Zion National Park and a 6-year-old boy in Hildale, a town near the Arizona border. Two bodies were recovered Wednesday.
Read More »Comedian’s Sept. 11 Lie Revealed
Steve Rannazzisi admits he lied for years about being in the World Trade Center when terrorists attacked it in 2001. A fellow comic, whose firefighter father died that day, accepts the apology.
Read More »Obama Invites Texas Teen To White House After ‘Bomb Hoax’ Incident
A tweet from the president reads: "We should inspire more kids like you to like science. It's what makes America great."
Read More »… And Beer For All: Budweiser Makes A Metallica Beer In Canada
The beer, which has the tag line "Coulée dans le rock" (cast in rock), will get a wider release in Canada later this month when fewer than 100,000 cases of special-edition black cans hit shelves.
Read More »The Downside Of Keeping Interest Rates So Low For So Long
Some economists say the Federal Reserve should leave rates alone, but many say super-low rates have big risks, too. They argue that the central bank needs to push rates back up to historic norms.
Read More »Texas High School Student Shows Off Homemade Clock, Gets Handcuffed
An aspiring engineer, 14-year-old Ahmed Mohamed repeatedly said that his clock was not, in fact, a bomb. But a teacher and the principal of MacArthur High School called the police.
Read More »Turned Away In Hungary, Migrants Seek Passage Through Croatia
Hundreds of people who were caught on the Serbian side of Hungary's border when the border was sealed Tuesday are sleeping out in the open; some are taking Croatia up on its offer of passage.
Read More »UAW Reaches Tentative Deal With Fiat Chrysler
Observers were surprised when Fiat Chrysler was selected as the first of Detroit's automakers to negotiate an agreement, or serve as a "strike target."
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