Not the usual sound for a New England fall day, but in many parts of the East, residents are digging out from a rare October snowstorm. National Weather Service forecaster Bruce Sullivan says several areas got heavier accumulations. We've seen snow t...
NATO says five coalition troops and eight contractors as well as four Afghans were killed when a Taliban suicide bomber attacked an armored shuttle bus in Kabul today. Rod Nordland is a correspondent for the New York Times in Kabul. It is the worst a...
From NPR News in Washington, Im Lakshmi Singh. While US stocks trading lower and investors focusing more on the US economy that the European debt crisis deal reached earlier this week. At last check the Dow was down 8 points at 12,201; NASDAQs off ab...
The eurozone's debt-fighting pact to bail out Greece and shore up the continent's banks is behind today's big advances in financial markets worldwide. On Wall Street, all the major US stock indexes have risen, ranging from 3% and 3.5% in afternoon tr...
US stocks are higher in afternoon trading with word that China may buy bonds to help Europe get a handle on its relentless debt problems. But Richard Asquith with the global accounting services firm TMF says if European leaders holding marathon negot...
Turkish television is reporting a prison riot as a result of today's strong aftershock in the eastern city of Van. Authorities say inmates of the facility that can incarcerate as many as 1,000 people apparently panic. They set bedding on fire in an a...
World stocks hit their highest level in seven weeks with the investors buoyed by news that European leaders may be closer to resolving their region's credit crunch. News of a series of acquisitions end by strong earnings posted by US companies. Cater...
People in Tunisia voted today in their first open and democratic election since overthrowing their dictator in January. Eleanor Beardsley reports analysts say there was a huge turnout. As the day wore on, lines at polling stations seemed to grow long...
Libya's transitional leaders say they'll hold a liberation ceremony tomorrow to start the clock towards elections in eight months. The chief of the transitional council, Mahmoud Jibril, is at the World Economic Forum meeting near the Dead Sea in Jord...
President Obama is calling all American troops home from Iraq before year's end, closing a long and deeply divisive chapter in US history. After nearly nine years, America's war in Iraq will be over. Washington and Baghdad have been unable to reach a...
President Obama is calling this a momentous day for Libya hours after the world learned that ousted dictator Muammar Gaddafi was dead. Today, we can definitely say that the Gaddafi regime has come to an end. The last major regime strongholds have fal...
More than 60 million Americans who receive social security benefits are expected to see a little more in their monthly checks. Starting next year, the Social Security Administration says retirees and the disabled will see a cost of living adjustment...
Now the hard work begins, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's message in Tripoli today to Libya's interim leaders as they face a transition to democracy. Democracy takes time. It will not be easy or quick. But we are filled with admiration for what...
All the major US market indexes are down around 2%. They were retreating from last week's gains after Germany downplayed the idea that a solution for Europe's debt crisis might be reached during a summit this Sunday. At last check on Wall Street, the...
President Obama praised Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. today as a man who stirred the nation's conscience and made the nation more perfect. He spoke during the dedication of a memorial of King on the National Mall on the same spot where King had addresse...
