BEIRUT (Reuters) - Kurdish-led forces advanced on Monday deep into territory in Syria held by Islamic State, showing new momentum after they unexpectedly swiftly seized a border crossing from the jihadists last week.
President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama and Vice President Joe Biden will travel to Charleston Friday to attend funeral services for the Rev. Clementa Pinckney, a White House official said.
UNIVERSITY PLACE, Washington, June 22 (Reuters) - Masters champion Jordan Spieth gave Chambers Bay a worthy winner at the U.S. Open after a riveting final round but the greens on the links-style layout did not meet with universal player approval.
Gov. Nikki Haley on Monday afternoon said it was time for the Confederate Battle Flag that flies on the Statehouse grounds to be removed.
OTTAWA, June 22 (Reuters) - Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd said on Monday that it is cooperating with a new federal safety investigation, following allegations raised in a media report that it parked a train carrying dangerous goods on a mountain slope in the western Canadian province of British Columbia, without applying adequate brakes.
Bodies pile up in Pakistani morgue as a heat wave sears the city of Karachi. Sean Carberry reports.
Bodies pile up in Pakistani morgue as a heat wave sears the city of Karachi. Sean Carberry reports.
Bodies pile up in Pakistani morgue as a heat wave sears the city of Karachi. Sean Carberry reports.
Bodies pile up in Pakistani morgue as a heat wave sears the city of Karachi. Sean Carberry reports.
Bodies pile up in Pakistani morgue as a heat wave sears the city of Karachi. Sean Carberry reports.
PARIS (Reuters) - European telecoms group Altice's bid for Bouygues Telecom risks creating a French operator that is "too big to fail" and that could threaten jobs, France's economy minister said on Monday, hardening his government's opposition.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A former child actor who most notably played a young Anakin Skywalker in 1999's "Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace," was arrested in South Carolina after leading police on a high-speed chase.
* Greece deal optimism lifts sentiment, Nasdaq hits new record
* Greece deal optimism lifts sentiment, Nasdaq hits new record
A Utah man apparently shot and killed his wife and two young children before turning the gun on himself on Father's Day, stunning neighbors on their quiet, suburban street who described the man Monday as a happy,...
Greece has finally offered economic reforms that creditors consider potentially acceptable, giving Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras a couple days to turn a spirit of goodwill into a deal that might keep the country from a...
Los Angeles Kings center Jarret Stoll has been charged with felony cocaine possession stemming from his April 17 arrest at a Las Vegas Strip pool.
The state port will have at least until the end of 2019 -- more than 14 years after Hurricane Katrina -- to create jobs promised in exchange for more than…
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CLEMSON — With the podium presence of a presidential candidate, Monte Lee announced loud and clear how he intends to restore Clemson to its place among college baseball’s model programs.
A wave of first-time buyers helped lift home resales in May, with prices moving higher. Bobbi Rebell reports.
A wave of first-time buyers helped lift home resales in May, with prices moving higher. Bobbi Rebell reports.
A wave of first-time buyers helped lift home resales in May, with prices moving higher. Bobbi Rebell reports.
DUBAI (Reuters) - It is worth missing the June 30 deadline in nuclear talks between Iran and world powers by a few days in order to get a good deal, Iran's foreign minister was quoted as saying on Monday.
DUBAI (Reuters) - It is worth missing the June 30 deadline in nuclear talks between Iran and world powers by a few days in order to get a good deal, Iran's foreign minister was quoted as saying on Monday.
OSLO (Reuters) - A Norwegian ship rescued more than 600 migrants from two wooden boats on Monday in the southern part of the Mediterranean, the Norwegian police said on Twitter.