Ethics Trial Expected for California Congresswoman

WASHINGTON - Representative Maxine Waters, Democrat of California, will face charges of misusing her office and is expected to contest the claims in a House trial, the second powerful House Democrat to opt for such a public airing in ...

CBC.ca Top U.S. officer warns Afghan war will get worse

Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks during a news conference in Kabul July 25, 2010. By Jonathon Burch and Sayed Salahuddin KABUL (Reuters) - More NATO troops will die in Afghanistan as violence mounts over the summer, ...

Source: Tony Hayward expected to step down from BP

BP, the government and an army of volunteers are fighting to contain and clean the millions of gallons of oil spewing from the site of the Deepwater Horizon explosion in the Gulf of Mexico.

Grim Questions Follow German Stampede

BERLIN - A deadly stampede at a German music festival over the weekend has raised accusations of negligence aimed at event organizers, politicians and the police, who on Sunday defended their actions in one of the deadliest public ...