Experts issue a warning for if an solar flare hits in just the right way.

The sector is still suffering from the aftermath of the country's 2011 uprising.

The Republican from Alabama has attached 49 amendments to the bill.

MOORE, Okla. – The hell he saw was harrowing, but it’s the sounds at Plaza Towers Elementary that Stuart Earnest Jr. says will haunt him forever. “All you could hear were screams,” Earnest said. “The people screaming for help. And the people trying to help were also screaming.” Plaza Towers, a pre-kindergarten through sixth-grade school, [...]

A young man in St. Peter's Square convulsed and shook as the pope prayed.

The regime tries to drive Syrian rebels from a town near the Lebanese border.

MOORE, Okla. (AP) — The parents and guardians stood in the muddy grass outside a suburban Oklahoma City church, listening as someone with a bullhorn called out the names of children who were being dropped off — survivors of a deadly tornado that barreled through their community.

Twenty children are among the dead, and the toll is expected to rise.

Lawmakers will question the man who ran the agency while it targeted tea party groups.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Judiciary Committee hopes to nail down an elusive compromise on high-tech visas and may punt a controversy over gay marriage to the full Senate as it makes final drafting decisions on immigration legislation that grants a shot at citizenship to millions living in the country illegally.

NEW YORK (AP) — The killing of a gay man who police say was taunted with homophobic slurs drew thousands of people to the scene of the crime to restore a sense of safety to one of the nation's most gay-friendly neighborhoods.

Commuters facing long delays after a train collision can look forward to easier traveling.

Twenty children are among the dead, and the toll is expected to rise.

Israeli troops shot at a target across the Syrian frontier on Tuesday.

By John Whitesides WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Senate panel will try on Tuesday to pry more details out of current and former officials of the Internal Revenue Service about the agency's targeting of conservative groups for extra scrutiny when they sought tax-exempt status. Lawmakers are also expected to demand answers about why officials did not earlier share with lawmakers evidence that IRS workers in Cincinnati, Ohio, had inappropriately focused on search criteria that included "Tea Party" and "patriots. ...

One of Alaska's most active volcanoes has been belching ash since last week.

Conservative radio hosts buck tea party favorite Sen. Marco Rubio.

WASHINGTON (AP) — White House chief of staff Denis McDonough and other senior advisers knew in late April that an impending report was likely to say the IRS had inappropriately targeted conservative groups, President Barack Obama's spokesman disclosed Monday, expanding the circle of top officials who knew of the audit beyond those named earlier.