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Friday’s black-ice crisis faded as temperatures rose above freezing, but a forecast of below-freezing readings Saturday and Sunday mornings and plenty more snow to melt during the days likely will…Click to Continue »

Servando “La Tuta” Gomez, one of the most-wanted drug lords and who once terrorized western Michoacan state, was captured early Friday federal police, according to a Mexican official.Click to Continue »

Republican leaders eager to avert a partial government shutdown are getting heat from conservative colleagues who ask what the fuss is all about.Click to Continue »

Republican potential presidential candidates seemed torn Thursday: Would they get more accolades from conservatives by bashing President Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton or Jeb Bush?Click to Continue »

Mohammed Emwazi, identified Thursday as the Islamic State fighter known as “Jihadi John,” came to the attention of the British intelligence services in May 2009 in Tanzania, where British officials…Click to Continue »

House Republican leaders on Thursday floated a plan to pass a short-term bill that would fund the Department of Homeland Security, avert a partial shutdown and prompt negotiations with the…Click to Continue »

The reports are like something out of a distant era of ancient conquests: entire villages emptied, with hundreds taken prisoner, others kept as slaves; the destruction of irreplaceable works of…Click to Continue »

In a victory for online companies and tech activists, the Federal Communications Commission voted 3-2 Thursday to approve net neutrality rules that allow for the federal regulation of broadband Internet…Click to Continue »

Mohammed Emwazi was 6 when his parents moved to West London from his birthplace in Kuwait, and he seems to have lived a normal life, studying hard and graduating in…Click to Continue »

With their power cut, their houses dark and their iPads temporarily unavailable, Triangle residents sought creative outlets by shaping elaborate creatures out of their front yards.Click to Continue »