UNITED STATES

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa will meet Tuesday, a day before Congressional Republicans are expected to vote on holding Holder in contempt of Congress, without the presence of the House GOP leadership.

David Hemler, who deserted the United States Air Force approximately 28 years ago, was found in Sweden, where he has been living since 1984, after he revealed his true identity to his family.

Brazil, India, China and the other countries that paid into the latest European bailout fund aren't doing it for charity. Here's what they stand to gain from saving their former colonial masters.

Julian Assange, the head of Wikileaks, has fled to the Ecuadorean embassy in London to avoid extradition to Sweden, Foreign Minister Ricardo Patrino said.

A U.S. court has charged a retired Colombian police general with helping drug traffickers smuggle cocaine into the country.

President Obama's move to prevent thousands of young immigrants from being deported appears to have upended the push by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) for legislation that would do the same.

On the second and final day of negotiations in Moscow, diplomats said there was still no agreement between six world powers -- U.S., Russia, China, Germany, France and Britain -- and Iran over Tehran's alleged nuclear weapons program.

A new study predicts that by 2050, waters just off the western coast of the U.S. will become acidic enough such that ocean-dwelling creatures like mussels, oysters and corals won't be able to form their shells or skeletons.

Pakistan is one of three countries in the world where polio is still endemic.

Mike Tyson made a surprising confession in a recent television interview on NBC's Today show. Host Ann Curry asked the former boxer about becoming vegan?but his answer had nothing to do with his diet.

?We agreed on the need for a cessation of the violence,? Obama told reporters.

Firefighters in the western U.S. are making progress on several wildfires, but weather conditions could make things worse.

Asians have replaced Hispanics as the largest demographic group emigrating to the United States, reversing a longtime trend.

First Lady Michelle Obama spent her weekend disparaging the fat paycheck, the fancy office, the impressive lines on our resumés.

Scotland's national tourism body, VisitScotland, is thinking Brave, spending $11 million to promote tourism alongside the new Disney Pixar film.

Chairman Bernanke will announce his policy decision Wednesday at 12:30 EST, and considering the recent escalation in the European debt crisis

Markets are largely ignoring some very negative indicators this morning, seeming to feel that further support from central banks is imminent.

If you say the weight of the world is on your shoulders, now you'll be able to quantify it, thanks to a new study that found the world's population weighs 316 million tons, or about 287 million metric tons.

The prolonged crisis in the euro zone, coupled with signs that the U.S. economic recovery is faltering, have led to speculation that the Federal Reserve will provide more monetary stimulus, most likely through extending its Operation Twist program, at the June two-day Federal Open Market Committee meeting, which concludes on Wednesday June 20.

From 2002 to 2010, the use of ADHD drugs grew by 46 percent, or some 800,000 prescriptions a year, researchers from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration say.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is headed for the sunny beaches of Ipanema, and many Brazilians are less than thrilled.