UC Santa Barbara students attend a candlelight vigil following Friday's series of drive-by shootings that left 7 people dead in the Isla Vista section of Santa Barbara May 24, 2014.
US President Barack Obama on Thursday promised to be more forthcoming with the public on his administration's campaign of lethal drone strikes.
More than half the US diplomatic posts overseas may not fully meet security standards, a senior US official told a hearing on Thursday.
The White House accused Republicans of sending a bad signal to US allies by delaying his appointment.
US President Barack Obama is due to meet with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the White House on February 22, the White House announced.
Venezuelan government published Friday the first pictures of ailing President Hugo Chavez since his surgery of cancer in Cuba two months ago, showing him lying in bed alongside his two daughters.
A cruise ship disabled for five nightmarish days in the Gulf limped into port under tow with more than 4,000 people aboard late Thursday.
US President Barack Obama's nomination of Chuck Hagel for defense secretary was blocked Thursday in the Senate, after a vote failed to garner the 60 votes needed to end debate on the matter.
Officials say burned remains found in a California mountain cabin have been positively identified as fugitive former police officer Christopher Dorner.
AMR Corp and US Airways Group unveiled an $11 billion all-stock deal on Thursday that gives creditors of the bankrupt American Airlines parent control of the combined airline.
US President Barack Obama on Wednesday reaffirmed his country's commitments to Japan's security, including defending Japan with US nuclear umbrella.
US President Barack Obama called for support from a divided Congress on Tuesday for his ambitious plan to revive the economy, and for a long list of other priorities such as education, gun control, immigration reform, climate change and the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan.
New York City Mayor will propose a ban on Styrofoam, the substance commonly used for take-out food containers that is almost impossible to recycle.