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Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Smiley was shot twice, according to the Pentagon, during an attack in Kandahar that killed the province's chiefs of police and intelligence and wounded the governor.

It's getting a lot of attention because of its unexpected angles and straight lines. A sea ice specialist explains why it formed this way.

It may be called Day of the Dead, but Dia de los Muertos is as much about the living as it is of the dead.It is the focus on family—both living and…

Democrats made modest inroads on the GOP's commanding lead in governors' offices around the country. But did not fare well in marquee races in Florida and Georgia.

A massive earthquake and tsunami struck the Indonesian island of Sulawesi on Friday, killing hundreds of people. Yenni Suryani of the Catholic Relief Services updates NPR's Michel Martin on rescue efforts.

A year-and-a-half after a mysterious, oily sheen was reported on the north end of Flathead Lake, a state agency is proposing a ban on new groundwater...

U.S. stocks indexes headed lower again after a global sell-off overnight triggered by a plunge in U.S. stocks the day before.

Special Representative for Syrian Engagement Jim Jeffrey says the U.S. has "lots of evidence" that the Damascus government is preparing for a "reckless escalation" of the conflict.

The president said the site of the crash in Shanksville, Pa., "is now a monument to American defiance ... a message to the world America will never ever submit to tyranny."

Officials say the tsunami was triggered by underwater landslides caused by volcanic activity on the island of Anak Krakatau.