WASHINGTON The director of national intelligence on Saturday declassified more documents that outline how the National Security Agency was first authorized to start collecting bulk phone and Internet records in the hunt for al- Qaida terrorists and how a court eventually gained oversight of the program. The declassification came after the Justice Department complied with […]

NEW ORLEANS Karen Sandoval’s promising life in this city fell apart in one day last summer when she went to buy school supplies for her two daughters. Sandoval, a Honduran immigrant here illegally, was riding with the man her girls have always called their father. Immigration agents, seeing a dilapidated car, pulled them over. They […]

WASHINGTON President Barack Obama on Friday gave the military one year to make progress on an epidemic of sexual assault or face potential tougher reforms, hours after Congress sent a sweeping defense bill for his signature that cracks down on the crime in its ranks. Obama said the military has “an urgent obligation” to support […]

CHICAGO A storm with a 2,000-mile footprint frustrated Christmas travelers Saturday from Texas to Nova Scotia with a little of everything Mother Nature has to offer, from freezing rain, ice and snow to flooding, thunderstorms and even tornadoes. Some of the millions of people who hit the roads and airports by midday Saturday squeaked through […]

LITTLETON, COLO. A suburban Denver high school student who was shot in the head by a classmate died Saturday afternoon, hospital officials and her family said. Claire Davis, 17, was in critical condition after being shot at point-blank range at Arapahoe High School on Dec. 13. “It is with heavy hearts that we share that […]