Posted: 06/19/2013 - The Taliban have claimed responsibility for an attack in Afghanistan that killed four U.S. troops just hours after the insurgent group announced it would hold talks with the Americans on finding a political solution to ending the nearly 12-year war.

Posted: 06/18/2013 - Declaring "the days of Rambo are over," a top general said Tuesday that cultural, social and behavioral concerns may be bigger hurdles than tough physical fitness requirements for women looking to join the military's special operations units.

Updated: 06/18/2013 - A Jacksonville woman is among the 8 astronaut candidates selected by NASA Monday. Their mission will be to help lead the first human mission to an asteroid and then on to Mars.

Posted: 06/17/2013 - The White House is threatening to veto the House version of a massive, 5-year farm bill, saying food stamp cuts included in the legislation could leave some Americans hungry.

Posted: 06/17/2013 - States can't demand proof of citizenship from people registering to vote in federal elections unless they get federal or court approval to do so, the Supreme Court ruled Monday in a decision complicating efforts in several states to bar voting by people who are in the country illegally.

Posted: 06/16/2013 - An Internal Revenue Service supervisor in Washington says she was personally involved in scrutinizing some of the earliest applications from tea party groups seeking tax-exempt status, including some requests that languished for more than a year without action.

Posted: 06/16/2013 - Environmental advocates and others are questioning the decision to quit using crews to look for tar balls left by the BP oil spill on Gulf Coast beaches in Alabama, Florida and Mississippi.

Posted: 06/16/2013 - An autopsy report says the son of famed professional wrestler Ric Flair died from a toxic combination of heroin and prescription drugs

Posted: 06/13/2013 - An official says an inspector who surveyed a Philadelphia building before it collapsed last week, killing six people, has committed suicide.

Posted: 06/13/2013 - President Barack Obama's administration can go forward with its new plan to make the morning-after pill available to buyers of any age without prescriptions.

Updated: 06/12/2013 - A wildfire fueled by hot temperatures, gusty winds and thick, bone-dry forests has destroyed 92 homes, damaged five more and prompted more than 7,000 residents northeast of Colorado Springs to flee, sheriff's official said Wednesday.

Updated: 06/11/2013 - Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx sees his prospects to become the new U.S. transportation secretary improving.

Posted: 06/10/2013 - On the first day of his trial Monday, George Zimmerman got a look at some of the people who might decide whether he committed second-degree murder when he fatally shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.

Updated: 06/10/2013 - The man who says he felt a duty to inform Americans of the government's information collection efforts hails from Elizabeth City, North Carolina.

Posted: 06/09/2013 - North Carolina is joining a growing number of states raising fees for hybrid and electric car owners to make up for revenue those drivers aren't paying in gas taxes on their fuel-efficient vehicles.

Posted: 06/09/2013 - A deer in the Florida Keys is breathing more easily after a deputy removed a Doritos bag from its head.

Posted: 06/09/2013 - The Guardian newspaper in London says a 29-year-old American who works as a contractor at the National Security Agency is its source of leaks about the U.S. government's surveillance programs.

Posted: 06/09/2013 - Investigators trying to determine why a gunman planned a shooting spree that killed four people, were focusing on a deadly act of domestic violence that touched off the mayhem.

Updated: 06/09/2013 - Eager to quell a domestic furor over U.S. spying, the nation's top intelligence official stressed Saturday that a previously undisclosed program for tapping into Internet usage is authorized by Congress, falls under strict supervision of a secret court and cannot intentionally target a U.S. citizen. He decried the revelation of that and another intelligence-gathering program as reckless.

Posted: 06/08/2013 - A few hours after saying goodbye to China's leader, President Barack Obama said hello to the golf course.

Posted: 06/08/2013 - A nonprofit that offers free shotguns and firearms training to residents of high-crime areas has made a Houston neighborhood the site of its first gun giveaway.

Updated: 06/05/2013 - President Barack Obama's top national security adviser is resigning and will be replaced by Susan Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the U.N. who has been a lightning rod for Republican criticism over faulty explanations for the attack that killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya.

Posted: 06/04/2013 - The deadly tornado that plowed through an area near Oklahoma City last week was even larger and more powerful than previously estimated — a record 2.6 miles wide with winds that reached nearly 300 mph.

Posted: 06/05/2013 - Toyota Motor Corp. says it is recalling about 242,000 of its Prius and Lexus hybrid vehicles due to problems with their braking systems.

Posted: 06/04/2013 - Gen. Dan Allyn and Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Colt testified Tuesday at a pre-trial hearing for Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair, who faces charges that include forcible sodomy, indecent acts, violating orders and adultery.