At least 10 dead in southern U.S. tornadoes

At least 10 dead in southern U.S. tornadoes

At least 10 people are reported dead after a dangerous storm system packing strong winds and tornadoes tore through the southern and central...

Iranian and U.S. prisoner swap underway

Iranian and U.S. prisoner swap underway

Official U.S and Iranian planes park side by side at the Geneva airport as a Swiss plane carrying four American prisoners leaves Tehran. Rou...

South Korea, U.S. prepare for North Korean rocket launch

South Korea, U.S. prepare for North Korean rocket launch

Top South Korean and U.S. military officers are in a rare joint visit along the Demilitarized Zone to prepare for North Korea’s planned la...

U.S. First Lady Nancy Reagan dies at 94

U.S. First Lady Nancy Reagan dies at 94

Nancy Reagan, the former actress and widow of former U.S. President Ronald Reagan has passed away in her Los Angeles home of congestive hear...

U.S. takes rocket fire to North Korea's doorstep

U.S. takes rocket fire to North Korea's doorstep

As North Korea fires two more rockets into the sea, the U.S. is flexing its own muscles south of the border. James Pearson reports from an A...

VW expected to buy back 500,000 U.S. diesel cars

VW expected to buy back 500,000 U.S. diesel cars

Sources tell Reuters the automaker Volkswagen is expected to buy back some 500,000 diesel vehicles sold in the U.S. that exceeded legal emis...

White House: U.S. working to refresh Syria ceasefire

White House: U.S. working to refresh Syria ceasefire

The White House says the U.S. and Russia are working to renew the cessation of hostilities in Syria, despite the deadly bombing this week of...

Afghans confirm death of Taliban leader in U.S. drone strike

Afghans confirm death of Taliban leader in U.S. drone strike

Afghan officials have confirmed the death of Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour in a U.S. drone strike, but many details remain unexplaine...

U.S. hiring plummets to a five-year slump

U.S. hiring plummets to a five-year slump

The U.S. economy created the fewest number of jobs in more than five years in May, hurt by a strike by Verizon workers and a fall in goods p...

U.S. sailors held by Iran gave away too much info: Navy

U.S. sailors held by Iran gave away too much info: Navy

The U.S. Navy says American sailors who were detained by Iran in January spoke too much under interrogation and that their seizure was in pa...

Security video undermines U.S. swimmers' account of Rio robbery

Security video undermines U.S. swimmers' account of Rio robbery

Surveillance video images from a Rio gasoline station show U.S. Olympic swimmers in a dispute with security officials over a broken bathroom...

Obama becomes first U.S. president to visit Laos

Obama becomes first U.S. president to visit Laos

U.S. President Barack Obama becomes the first U.S. president to visit Laos as he prepares for the start of the Association of Southeast Asia...

Trump vows to stop U.S. job losses if elected

Trump vows to stop U.S. job losses if elected

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump tells supporters in New York that he will stop U.S. companies from moving jobs to other countri...

U.S. incomes up, poverty down

U.S. incomes up, poverty down

Household incomes rose for the first time in eight years, and the poverty rate fell. But as Fred Katayama reports, the U.S. has ways to go b...

Exclusive: Yahoo secretly scanned emails for U.S. government

Exclusive: Yahoo secretly scanned emails for U.S. government

Yahoo last year secretly built a custom software program to search all of its customers' incoming emails for specific information provi...

Putin says U.S. hacking scandal not in Russia's interests

Putin says U.S. hacking scandal not in Russia's interests

Russian president Vladimir Putin says the scandal that has erupted in the United States over allegations Russia hacked Democratic Party emai...

U.S. military attacks targets in Yemen

U.S. military attacks targets in Yemen

U.S. military launches cruise missile strikes to knock out three coastal radar sites in areas of Yemen controlled by Houthi forces. Rough Cu...

'Stop whining' about U.S. elections being rigged, Obama tells Trump

'Stop whining' about U.S. elections being rigged, Obama tells Trump

U.S. President Barack Obama urged Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump to "stop whining" about the Nov. 8 election being rigged. Rou...

Wintry weather pummels U.S.

Wintry weather pummels U.S.

Heavy snow, whiteout conditions, and frigid temperatures hammer parts of the U.S. and forecasters predict that conditions will get worse nex...

China to punish mystery U.S. carmaker

China to punish mystery U.S. carmaker

China's set to slap a penalty on an unnamed U.S. carmaker for 'monopolistic behavior' according to state media Wednesday. As ...