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A senior US intelligence official said the core al-Qaida group led by Osama bin Laden has been surpassed by its affiliates as the biggest terrorist threat to the United States.
White House said there is no reports of active plots by terrorists to attack the United States on the anniversary of al-Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden's death.
Seven people, including three children, were killed Sunday after a van plunged off a highway near the Bronx Zoo in New York City, police said.
A tradition dates back to the Spanish colonial era when 15- and 16-year-old girls had their official debut in society.
ome 3,000 singers and dancers perform over the three-day Gathering of Nations.
Mexican police on Friday found the bodies of four children in a clandestine grave in Tacotalpa municipality, in southeastern state of Tabasco.
Former President Bill Clinton will join President Barack Obama on Sunday to raise money.
Space Shuttle Enterprise rides atop a NASA modified 747 plane after landing in New York, April 27, 2012.
Wax figures designed to look like characters from the Marvel Entertainment film "The Avengers" are on display.
US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta made a full-throated pitch for Brazil to buy American fighter jets.
A former Brazilian prostituteplans to sue the US embassy and five of its personnel for injuries sustained outside a strip club late last year.
A Mexican woman is pregnant with nine babies - six girls and three boys - the country's main broadcaster Televisa reported on Thursday night.