Two small Navy vessels were en route from Kuwait to Bahrain when they may have run out of gas or had mechanical issues, according to a U.S. official. Tehran has assured the U.S. that the sailors will be released soon, the Pentagon said.
The Democratic nomination contest is coming to life as Hillary Clinton launches her sharpest attacks yet on Bernie Sanders, who is polling equally well — or better — in New Hampshire and Iowa.
Gamblers looking for a touch of magic sometimes turn to stores that have sold winning lottery tickets in the past. But no matter where you buy, the odds of winning $1.5 billion on Wednesday night are the same: 1 in 292 million.
State of the Union
A frequency chart shows the ebb and flow of key words over time.
Studying the words used over time in the State of the Union address provides glimpses of change in American politics — “communism” fades, “terrorism” increases — and evidence that some things never change.
In his final State of the Union at 9 p.m. ET, he will try to strike an optimistic tone while admitting, if only tacitly, that his 2008 vision of a more unified country has not come true.
The vice president said he and his wife were ready to sell their house if Beau Biden lost his job and couldn't afford care, but the president told him not to do that. "He said, ‘I’ll give you the money. Whatever you need,'" Biden said.
The Islamic State's first major attack on Turkey’s vital tourism industry would put it on a more direct collision course with a nation that has been criticized for not doing enough to crack down on militants crossing its borders.
The two-time Republican presidential candidate sees Trump as where the GOP is headed. "The revolution is at hand," he said.
Despite hundreds of cases of food-borne illness that have been linked to the chain, Chipotle fanatics say they'll keep eating their burritos until someone dies ... and maybe even after that.
Fidelity's new rule of thumb for how much people should have saved at every stage of their careers is now a little harder to meet.
The man thought his 14-year-old had gone to school, but the teen returned home and was struck in the neck, officials said.
The state's method of imposing a death sentence doesn't give juries enough of a role in deciding whether the death penalty is applicable, the court said in an 8-to-1 ruling.
The findings have become more salient as immigration takes center stage in the GOP presidential primary.
The detection of the waves would be a big deal, but no one has confirmed the rumors and many scientists aren't happy that someone is announcing them without waiting for confirmation.
A natural disaster, government actions and plain old bad luck made the world's tallest mountain virtually unconquerable.
