Obama will hold off on Syria strike until Congress has its say

By Roberta Rampton and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Saturday backed away from an imminent military strik...

Obama says U.S. should strike Syria, will seek congressional vote

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Saturday he had decided the United States should strike Syrian government targets in...

Obama will not announce imminent military strike in Syria in address: official

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will provide an update to Americans on his decisions on how to proceed in Syria, but will no...

Kerry, Hagel to call Democratic, Republican senators about Syria

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State John Kerry, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, and other senior U.S. national security officials wil...

San Diego mayor accused of sexual harassment leaves office quietly

By Marty Graham SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Bob Filner's term as San Diego mayor came to a quiet end on Friday as the veteran politician ...

UK asked N.Y. Times to destroy Snowden material

By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The British government has asked the New York Times to destroy copies of documents leaked by f...

Female U.S. Naval cadet set for third day of testimony in rape case

By Lacey Johnson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lawyers for three U.S. Naval Academy football players accused of rape will resume their attack ...

Crews look to continue progress against Yosemite fire

By Laila Kearney and Ronnie Cohen SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Fire crews battling to keep a massive blaze from invading the heart of Cali...

NFL, former players in $765 million deal to settle concussion suit

By Scott Malone BOSTON (Reuters) - The National Football League has agreed to pay $765 million to settle a lawsuit brought by thousands...

Fast-food workers begin strikes across U.S. over wages

By Atossa Araxia Abrahamian NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fast-food workers staged strikes at McDonald's and Burger Kings and demonstrated a...

Massive wildfire prompts new travel restrictions through Yosemite

By Laila Kearney SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yosemite National Park, faced with the spread of a massive California wildfire, extended a k...

California wildfire heads deeper into Yosemite, key road closure extended

By Laila Kearney SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yosemite National Park, faced with the spread of a massive California wildfire, extended a k...

California wildfire heads deeper into Yosemite, entry road closed

By Laila Kearney SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yosemite National Park, faced with the spread of a massive California wildfire, closed a sec...

Fort Hood shooter sentenced to death for 2009 killings

By Ellen Wulfhorst and Jana J. Pruet FORT HOOD, Texas (Reuters) - A military jury on Wednesday sentenced a U.S. Army psychiatrist to de...

Wildfire to shut down another road into Yosemite National Park

By Laila Kearney SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A wildfire in Yosemite National Park that ranks as one of the largest California blazes on r...

Wildfire burns deeper into Yosemite National Park, reaches reservoir

By Laila Kearney SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - One of the largest California wildfires on record roared deeper into Yosemite National Park ...

Fort Hood gunman rests case without making statement

By Ellen Wulfhorst FORT HOOD, Texas (Reuters) - U.S. Army Major Nidal Hasan, who faces the possibility of a death sentence for the Nove...

Judge speeds hearing on Detroit bankruptcy eligibility

By Joseph Lichterman DETROIT (Reuters) - The federal judge overseeing Detroit's bankruptcy filing is accelerating the already hurri...

Zimmerman lawyer to ask Florida to pay up to $300,000 in legal costs: report

(Reuters) - George Zimmerman, whose acquittal in the shooting death of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin sparked protests across the United ...

Sentencing looms for convicted Fort Hood gunman

By Ellen Wulfhorst FORT HOOD, Texas (Reuters) - Tuesday could be the last chance for convicted gunman Major Nidal Hasan to tell a jury ...

Yosemite blaze rages closer to reservoir for San Francisco

By Laila Kearney SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - One of the largest California wildfires in decades roared largely unchecked for a 10th day t...

Fort Hood shooting victim struggling to cope with injuries

By Ellen Wulfhorst FORT HOOD, Texas (Reuters) - A U.S. Army staff sergeant partly paralyzed and brain damaged from the 2009 shooting ra...

Arizona judge postpones setting date for Arias retrial jury selection

By David Schwartz PHOENIX (Reuters) - An Arizona judge presiding over the high-profile murder trial of Jodi Arias on Monday postponed s...

Yosemite wildfire grows, fueling dangerous winds

By Laila Kearney (Reuters) - A colossal wildfire raging on the edge of Yosemite National Park has produced dangerous weather patterns b...

Lawyer for George Zimmerman chides him for visiting gun factory

By Barbara Liston ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - George Zimmerman's lawyer has chided him for visiting a Florida firearms factory tha...

Amanda Knox will not return to Italy for murder retrial: report

ROME (Reuters) - Amanda Knox, the American student accused of the 2007 murder of her British roommate, will not return to Italy for a retr...

San Diego mayor says will resign over sexual harassment scandal

By Marty Graham SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - San Diego Mayor Bob Filner, facing a sexual harassment lawsuit and a string of allegations of ina...