The mayor of Minot, North Dakota told 11,000 of the town's residents to pack up their belongings and move to higher ground as a deluge from the Souris River threatened to inundate the town.
President Barack Obama will announce the withdrawal of 10,000 American troops from Afghanistan this year, and another 20,000 troops, the remainder of the 2009 surge, by the end of next summer, administration officials say.
U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama urged young Africans to fight for women's rights and battle the stigma of AIDS on Wednesday. Using her husband Barack Obama's yes, we can campaign slogan, she hoped to motivate youth across South Africa.
Thirty years ago this July, the streets of urban Britain exploded with violence. While the UK had seen riots and street demonstrations throughout its long and tumultuous history, the disturbances of 1981 represented something new – for they largely involved the frustrations and anger of Britain’s large immigrant populations.
President Obama will announce Wednesday night his plan to withdraw 10,000 troops from Afghanistan this year and 20,000 by the end of the summer 2012 -- reducing U.S. troops stationed there to pre-surge levels.
The head of the world's most powerful central bank essentially stuck to the bank's latest U.S. economic forecast in his news conference with reporters Wednesday: the U.S. economy slowed in Q2, but growth is likely to pick-up in the second half of 2011.
The Assembly speaker, Sheldon Silver said this afternoon after meeting with Gov. Andrew Cuomo for 90 minutes he and his Senate counterpart, Dean Skelos, the Senate majority leader have not yet worked out the details of a framework agreement containing a property tax cap, rent stabilization regulation and relief of municipal mandates.
The new tax will charge food manufactures for making Hungarians unhealthy. The fee applies to a cornucopia of junk foods.
If Huntsman was trying to intrigue us, he succeeded.
Two former presidents were awarded this years World Food Prize. They will split the $250,000 honorarium.
Dueling protests caused pandemonium to fill the hallowed halls of the New York State Senate as the Republican conference met privately to discuss various agenda items including a possible floor vote on gay marriage.
The European Union (EU) should not provide a second bailout to Greece because, among other things, by the year 2014, nearly two-thirds of Greek debt will be owned by taxpayers, according to Open Europe.
Former Vice President Al Gore issued a scathing attack against the discourse surrounding climate change and criticized President Barack Obama for failing to take a stronger stance on the issue, in an essay Gore wrote for Rolling Stone magazine.
The Federal Reserve injected a new phrase into its monetary policy statement: recent labor market indicators have been weaker than anticipated.
In the ailing economies of the Arab spring, analysts are finding that in both the Arab world economies and in nature, oil floats.
How big could the national debt get? Well, to paraphrase a line popularized by actor William Shatner, if Congressional lawmakers can not agree on a deficit reduction package, it’s going to get ‘really big’ -- grow to a total larger than the U.S. economy.
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has a formidable challenge this afternoon when he addresses the economic and investment community post the 2-day FOMC meeting
Despite criticisms during his first term, the South Korean was unanimously voted in for a second time.
Mario Batali, the celebrity chef has made his way to the state capitol building in Albany and is weighing in on the ever growing same sex marriage debate.
At one point the imbroglio threatened to break out into armed conflict.
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo could be singing a different tune walking back comments he made yesterday, that the New Yorkers are entitled to a vote on the same sex marriage bill.
China finally released controversial pop-artist Ai Weiwei on bail, according to state media.
Freshly-declared presidential candidate Jon Huntsman said Wednesday that President Barack Obama has been too timid in withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, distancing himself from his former employer.
After a campaign performance that catapulted her from the fringe of the Republican Party's nomination race to center stage, Michele Bachmann has surged to first place in a new Zogby poll of 2012 GOP presidential candidates.
The leader of the infamous El Familia drug trafficking operation have been arrested - a significant victory in Mexico's drug war
Shiite political activists have been handed harsh sentences for their involvement in February protests.
Saudi Arabia may be forced to use its oil policy and enormous economic clout as a way to foil Iran’s nuclear power program and regional ambitions, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.
Do we want to see another first in 2012? Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman may realize that dream, by becoming the first Mormon president ever.
In a speech he'll deliver to the nation Wednesday night, President Barack Obama is expected to announce the initial drawdown. However, regardless of the pace or scale of the withdrawal, the United States will maintain a substantial presence in the country, reflecting a decision on Obama's part to make the Afghanistan effort the lynchpin of his foreign policy.
Up to 40, perhaps many more, al-Qaeda militants have escaped from a jail in southern Yemen, according to prison officials.
