Benghazi report faults security; no new Clinton allegations
By MATTHEW DALY Republicans on the House Benghazi Committee harshly faulted the Obama administration Tuesday for lax security and a slow response to the deadly 2012 attacks at the U.S.…
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North Korea makes apparent progress with midrange missile
By FOSTER KLUG and HYUNG-JIN KIM North Korea took a significant step Wednesday in the development of a powerful ballistic missile intended to reach U.S. bases in the Pacific, launching…
The Latest: 6 people still in critical condition at hospital
The Latest on the massacre at a gay Orlando nightclub (all times local): 11:50 a.m. An Orlando hospital says six people wounded in the nightclub shooting are still in critical…
South Korea says North Korea missile launch likely failed
By FOSTER KLUG and HYUNG-JIN KIM A North Korean missile launch likely failed on Tuesday, according to South Korea’s military, the latest in a string of high-profile failures that somewhat…
Obama uses Hiroshima visit as opportunity to urge no nukes
By NANCY BENAC and FOSTER KLUG With an unflinching look back at a painful history, President Barack Obama stood on the hallowed ground of Hiroshima on Friday and declared it…
US says Iraqi forces have retaken western town of Rutba
By ROBERT BURNS The retaking of the small western town of Rutba from two years of Islamic State occupation was an important morale booster for Iraqi security forces, the top…
West Point launches inquiry into cadets’ fists-raised photo
By JENNIFER PELTZ The U.S. Military Academy has launched an inquiry into a photo showing 16 black, female cadets in uniform with their fists raised, an image that has spurred…
US Navy commander says canceled HK visit a minor hurdle May. 6, 2016 9:26 AM EDT
The commander of the U.S. Navy’s 7th Fleet on Friday dismissed the cancellation of a planned port visit to Hong Kong by an American aircraft carrier as a “minor hurdle”…