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President Barack Obama will award the Medal of Honor, the military’s highest award for bravery, to Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Richard Etchberger for his valor in saving the lives of three wounded comrades in Laos in 1968, the White House announced Friday.

BP began operations to remove its failed blowout preventer from atop its well deep below the Gulf of Mexico, the company said Friday.

The gunman who held three people hostage at the Discovery Channel headquarters was once convicted of smuggling an illegal immigrant into the country from Mexico.

Crews removed the cap from BP’s ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well late Thursday afternoon, a company spokeswoman said.

Life isn’t easy for stray animals on the mean streets of one of the world’s busiest borders.

A weakened Hurricane Earl brushed North Carolina’s Outer Banks overnight as residents along the Eastern Seaboard braced for a stormy Friday.

A veteran House representative from Texas said she made a mistake when she awarded charitable scholarships to her family members instead of students in her district.

A fire on a well connected to an oil and gas production platform in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday is out and there is no indication of an oil sheen, the U.S. Coast Guard said.

A judge on Thursday denied a request for President Barack Obama to testify at a court martial for a U.S. Army flight surgeon who refused to deploy to Afghanistan until he saw proof that Obama was born in the United States.

Police arrested rapper T.I. and his wife in California after they were allegedly found in possession of a controlled substance.

Justice Department civil rights lawyers filed suit against Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona on Thursday after talks collapsed on a deal to provide federal investigators with requested documents.

The latest round of peace talks between the Israelis and Palestinians is starting off much like similar endeavors in the past, but the Obama administration hopes that this time, the outcome will be different.

Direct peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians will start Thursday as President Barack Obama urged both sides to come up with a peaceful solution to the long running Mideast conflict.

An oil rig has exploded 80 miles off the coast of Louisiana, with 13 people overboard, including one injured, the Coast Guard said Thursday morning.

The Middle East moved front and center as President Obama prepared for high-stakes meetings with Israeli and Arab leaders.

The decomposed body of a California doctor was found lodged in her boyfriend’s chimney, several days after she had apparently attempted to get inside his home, police said.