Washington Prepares for Obama Inauguration A record crowd, as large as 1.8 million people, jammed into Washingtons National Mall in January 2009 to see the historic swearing-in of the first African-American president. Obamas public swearing in this t...
US Economic Health Key to Global Growth in 2013 In the United States, the jobless rate has declined to a 4-year low, the housing market has stabilized, and financial markets are flush with cash. But as 2012 comes to a close, there is unanimous agreem...
Israelis, Palestinians Face Sharp Challenges in 2013 Residents of Gaza have yet to recover from the exchange of aerial bombardments with Israel in late November and face rebuilding in the coming year. Six Israelis and more than 170 Palestinians were...
Birth Defects Rise in Former Iraqi Battleground Five-year-old Lujane is one of hundreds of children in Fallujah who have been born since 2004 with severe birth defects. Her father says Lujane suffers from multiple afflictions that Iraqi doctors strug...
Pentagon Prepares for Deep Budget Cuts The cuts are set to be massive, $50 billion a year for 10 years, and so are the consequences. That's the warning from officials including the nation's top military officer, General Martin Dempsey. We can't yet s...
Fiscal Cliff Talks Have Californians Nervous Medical patient Robbie Reynolds relies on a community clinic for her health care. I don't think I would have made it without them, all the years that I've been coming here, because there were times that I...
First Funerals Held for US School Rampage Victims Mourners streamed into a funeral home in Fairfield, Connecticut where services were held for six-year-old Noah Pozner. Local police lieutenant James Perez described the mood inside as beyond somber an...
Libyan Crisis Highlighted Migrant Workers Plight The 2011 Libyan crisis raised awareness of the plight migrant workers face when caught in the middle of conflict. The International Organization for Migration says comprehensive, long-term plans are ne...
Lebanese Take Sides in Syrian Civil War Posters of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad festoon this hilltop neighborhood overlooking Tripoli, Lebanons second largest city. This one reads: The Arab nation will not kneel as long as Bashar al-Assad is thei...
Analysts: Egyptian Troubles at Home Hinder Diplomacy Abroad Egypt's domestic troubles have eclipsed what some saw as a promising start for President Mohamed Morsi on the world stage. Just a day before he kicked off a crisis by granting himself extrao...
US Coast Guard Monitors Receding Mississippi River Levels Crewmembers on board the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Gasconade are struggling to keep traffic flowing on the Mississippi River. As the water level beneath them continues to drop, the green and red...
US Cities Brace for Looming Fiscal Cliff Like many American towns, Dixon, Illinois, is still struggling to recover from the 2008 financial crisis and economic recession. Here, unemployment exceeds the national average. Residents are casting a nervous...
E-Commerce Challenges Traditional Stores Lynne Shaner used the Internet to buy everything she needed for her wedding and holiday gifts for her husband and step daughter. Other than food, 90 percent of her purchases are made on the computer in her Was...
WHO Warns of Malaria Resurgence The World Health Organization warns there could be a resurgence of malaria in countries where much progress had been made over the past decade. The WHO has released its annual World Malaria Report, which warns of fundi...
Killing of US School Children Sparks Gun Control Discussion Authorities say the weapons used in the Newtown shooting were legally registered to Nancy Lanza, the mother of the gunman, Adam Lanza. She was the first of 27 victims of the shootings, inclu...
