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While still apparently holed up in a Moscow airport, National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden precipitated another international incident, this time over the Bolivian president's plane being rerouted to Austria over concerns that Mr. Snowden might be onboard.

Sen. Marco Rubio is expected to sign on as the chief sponsor of a bill that calls for the end of most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy , a move that would put him in the thick of another politically charged national debate and perhaps shield him from the barrage of criticism he is facing on immigration.

An Army aviator who was shot down over Vietnam 43 years ago Sunday finally made the long trip home and was laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery this week. Spc. 5 John L. Burgess, 21, was the chief of a five-man crew when their helicopter was hit and crashed into the thick jungles of South Vietnam on June 30, 1970.

William Bulifant remembers turning up his coat collar on hot July nights, running with a flare along a line of fuses that launched fireworks high into the sky and brought sparks raining down on him. That was nearly 30 years ago.

Economic sanctions against North Korea and Iran have not brought those rogue nations to heel. Yet President Obama continues to believe that economic pressure, if turned up high enough, can force a change in behavior.

ANALYSIS/OPINION As chaos breaks out in the largest city in the Arab world, Americans are bracing to celebrate our nation's independence, the 150th anniversary of the very bloody Battle of Gettysburg is being regaled and denizens of the nation's capital are preparing for the 40th anniversary of quasi-freedom.

For the second time in as many years, Egypt finds itself at a pivotal crossroads. What has become clear by recent events is that millions of Egyptians believe that the Mohamed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood project has failed to live up to the goals and aspirations of the Egyptian Revolution of 2011. Many believed that it was always doomed from the start, that the tenets of Mr.

With a free-trade deal imperiled by Europeans' concerns over U.S. surveillance, President Obama assured German Chancellor Angela Merkel Wednesday that his administration is working hard to address their complaints.

President Obama said Wednesday the U.S. is "deeply concerned" about the Egyptian military's overthrow of President Mohammed Morsi, and he called on Egypt's armed forces to return power to civilian authorities rapidly.

BOSTON , The Boston Celtics keep getting younger , on the coaching staff as well as the court. Less than a week after agreeing to trade Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce to the Brooklyn Nets , and 10 days after shipping coach Doc Rivers to the Los Angeles Clippers , the Celtics hired Butler's Brad Stevens as their next head coach.

ANALYSIS/OPINION: Outrage is easy. Consider the NFL's hyperactive police blotter over the past month. Aaron Hernandez was led away from his North Attleboro, Mass., home in handcuffs, charged with first-degree murder and linked to everything short of Jimmy Hoffa's disappearance.

With Congress vowing to secure the nation's borders as part of an immigration bill that proposes hiring 20,000 new Border Patrol agents, several former immigration officers say border agents have been inhibited in their efforts to patrol the Southwest border by other agencies.

Egypt's military ousted the country's democratically elected president Wednesday and appointed a caretaker administrator, a move denounced by the deposed leader's supporters as a coup but celebrated by millions of opponents with rallies and fireworks.

Egypt's military has suspended the Islamist-backed constitution and called early elections. The military also announced that embattled President Mohammed Morsi will be replaced.

In a stunning move, the Obama administration has delayed the employer mandate in the federal health care law until 2015. The decision was made so employers would have "more time to comply with the new rules," White House advisor Valerie Jarrett said Tuesday in a blog post.