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| All Russian military deaths now a state secret | | For years, the tally of Russian troops who died at war has been a state secret. Now, President Vladimir Putin says his government won't reveal the number of military deaths during peacetime either. |
| 15 indicted in test-taking scheme | | Fifteen Chinese nationals have been accused of participating in a cheating scheme that helped foreign students fraudulently gain admission to American colleges and universities and obtain student visas. |
| Pearl Harbor memorial closed after accident | | The USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, will be closed to visitors until at least June 4 after a dock to the memorial that sits atop the sunken battleship was damaged in an accident Wednesday, the National Park Service says. |
| Why is this war hero being investigated? | | Lt. Col. Jason Amerine, a Special Forces war hero who played an instrumental role in the overthrow of the Taliban in the months after 9/11, is under investigation over a purported unauthorized disclosure relating to a U.S. hostage held overseas that was made to U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter's office. |
| Are Texas floods a wake up call? | | The deadly rainfall that has left many parts of Houston underwater has happened before and can happen again -- not only in Texas but other cities that are unprepared. Houston has been known to flood even in moderately heavy rains -- some of its roads are designed to collect large pools of water when the city's drainage gets overwhelmed, which happens pretty often. And some parts of the city received an enormous amount of rain -- more than 11 inches. |
| A glimpse of life on the reservation | | Growing up in Germany, everything Felix von der Osten learned about Native Americans came from the books of 19th-century German writer Karl May. |
| Bill Clinton: 'I'm officially Ebola-free' | | Former President Bill Clinton said at a United Nations event Thursday that he underwent Ebola screening from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after a recent visit to Liberia, but that he was never exposed to the deadly virus. |
| Roads melt in heat wave | | It's often hot in India. But the past 10 days have been exceptional, even for one of the hottest places on the planet. The highest temperature recorded on Wednesday reached 116.6 degrees Fahrenheit in the eastern states of Jharkhand and Odisha. |
| Poll: 5 GOPers tie for 2016 lead | | The race for the Republican nomination for President is more wide open now than perhaps ever before, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll, with five GOP hopefuls all tied with the same amount of support. |
| Congress flocks to see Taylor Swift | | There's plenty of bad blood between Republicans and Democrats in Congress, but on July 13, one woman will bring them together: Taylor Swift. |
| Pataki makes bid for POTUS | | George Pataki, the Republican who won the governorship three times in heavily Democratic New York, is running for President in 2016. |
| Obama meets ISIS victim's family | | President Barack Obama met Thursday with the family of an American killed by ISIS, visiting the parents and sister of journalist Steven Sotloff during a trip to Miami. |
| O'Malley super PAC digs at Clinton | | Martin O'Malley's bid for the Democratic presidential nomination will be aided by a new super PAC with a name -- Generation Forward --that's a not-so-subtle jab at Hillary Clinton. |
| Graham retires from Air Force | | Lindsey Graham is leaving the Air Force Reserves -- even though he "wouldn't leave if they weren't making me," he says. |
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