The lifetime of Shimon Peres, who died at age 93 after suffering a stroke on Sept. 13, spans the lifetime of the state of Israel. Peres served twice as prime minister but was never more popular than during the seven years he served as President of Israel from 2007
After a widely panned performance in the inaugural presidential debate, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump gave several contradictory answers. At a rally on the Florida space coast Trump repeatedly claimed victory, berated the media for covering his loss and offered excuses for his performance
President Barack Obama announced career diplomat Jeffrey DeLaurentis as his choice to become the first U.S. ambassador to Cuba in more than a half-century, a move that sets up a possible fight with congressional critics of Obama's overtures to the communist island nation
SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk unveiled his plans for humans to settle on Mars, laying out a master scheme for establishing a colony on the red plane. The first human mission could take place in 2024, he said
The Senate blocked a bill needed to keep the government open beyond Friday's midnight deadline. Most Democrats and at least 10 Republicans voted to block the bill, which also funds the fight against Zika. Democrats are demanding money to help Flint's water crisis
With international diplomacy in tatters and the U.S. focused on its election, the Syrian government and its Russian allies are seizing the moment to wage an all-out campaign to recapture Aleppo, unleashing the most destructive bombing of the past five years
As investors and investigators weigh the damage of Yahoo's massive breach to the internet icon, information security experts worry that the record-breaking haul of password data could be used to open locks up and down the web
A baby has been born with DNA from three biological parents. Ibtisam Shaban and Mahmoud Hassan, were treated by a U.S. team based in Mexico using a controversial technique that allows parents with rare genetic mutations to have healthy babies
Wells Fargo says CEO John Stumpf and the executive who ran the bank's consumer banking division will forfeit tens of millions of dollars in bonuses as it tries to stem a scandal over its sales practices. Both are also giving up any bonuses for 2016
Gov. Chris Christie was told about the epic 2013 traffic jam at the George Washington Bridge while it was underway, seemed happy about it and joked sarcastically that there was nothing political going on, a former loyalist testified
The young man accused of killing five people in a Washington state shopping mall before leading authorities on a nearly 24-hour manhunt has confessed to the slayings, according to new court documents
U.S. sitcom Modern Family is set to air an episode that will feature the first openly transgender child actor on television. 8-year-old Jackson Millarker will feature in a first for trans-visibility on television
The royal family has arrived for an eight day tour of the country
