Wall Street will be closely watching Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's press conference today. Above, Yellen appears before the Senate Budget Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 8, 2014. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite). After the ...

PORTO SEGURO, Brazil (AP) — Germany relished its crushing 4-0 victory over Portugal and celebrated hat-trick scorer Thomas Mueller, but there was a new injury worry for coach Joachim Loew. Central defender Mats Hummels, who was the other scorer ...

PINEHURST, N.C. -- Monday was the day the circus was supposed to leave town, only it didn't. The U.S. Open was over. And yet it wasn't. The men's tournament was finished, but the women's was just beginning. USATODAY. Martin Kaymer cruises toward ...

PINEHURST, N.C. -- Monday was the day the circus was supposed to leave town, only it didn't. The U.S. Open was over. And yet it wasn't. The men's tournament was finished, but the women's was just beginning. USATODAY. Martin Kaymer cruises toward ...

PINEHURST, N.C. -- Monday was the day the circus was supposed to leave town, only it didn't. The U.S. Open was over. And yet it wasn't. The men's tournament was finished, but the women's was just beginning. USATODAY. Martin Kaymer cruises toward ...

MANAUS, Brazil (AP) — Claudio Marchisio wasn't hallucinating. It was really, really hot at the Arena da Amazonia during the first World Cup match to be played in the Brazilian rainforest. Marchisio and his Italian teammates were able to adapt to the steamy ...

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani spokesman says militants have attacked a security training facility at the Karachi airport and that a firefight is underway with the attackers. Ghulam Abbas Memon, a spokesman for the Airport Security Force, says ...

The Wal-Mart trucker accused of causing a deadly crash on the New Jersey Turnpike was free on bail Sunday while former 30 Rock star Tracy Morgan clung to life with injuries sustained in the tragedy. Two other men also remained in critical condition a day ...

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's president-elect, the former army chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, told Egyptians it is now "time to work" to rebuild the economy after he was officially declared the landslide winner of last week's election, restoring a career military man to the ...

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's president-elect, the former army chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, told Egyptians it is now "time to work" to rebuild the economy after he was officially declared the landslide winner of last week's election, restoring a career military man to the ...

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's president-elect, the former army chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, told Egyptians it is now "time to work" to rebuild the economy after he was officially declared the landslide winner of last week's election, restoring a career military man to the ...

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's president-elect, the former army chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, told Egyptians it is now "time to work" to rebuild the economy after he was officially declared the landslide winner of last week's election, restoring a career military man to the ...

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's president-elect, the former army chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, told Egyptians it is now "time to work" to rebuild the economy after he was officially declared the landslide winner of last week's election, restoring a career military man to the ...

WASHINGTON — After months of hesitation, Ukraine is now pressing a military offensive against pro-Russian militias operating in the east, intensifying the bloodshed in a risky gambit to quickly crush the revolt. On Thursday rebels struck back, downing a ...

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's leader vowed on Thursday to "do everything possible to bring our daughters home," referring to the mass abduction of more than 300 schoolgirls, and said that the Islamic extremists who kidnapped them threaten the country's ...

By sheer numbers, the USA handily leads the world in obesity, with 87 million of the world's 671 million obese people — 13% of the total for a country with 5% of the population, a new report says. But we are hardly alone in our battle with bulges: Obesity is a ...

By sheer numbers, the USA handily leads the world in obesity, with 87 million of the world's 671 million obese people — 13% of the total for a country with 5% of the population, a new report says. But we are hardly alone in our battle with bulges: Obesity is a ...

SEOUL, South Korea(AP) — A fire at a hospital annex housing elderly patients in the southwestern county of Jangseong killed 21 people early Wednesday, officials said. Twenty patients and a nurse died at the hospital, which specializes in elderly patients ...

Pregnant Pakistani woman stoned to death for marrying man she loved. It was an "honor killing," it was in broad daylight, and it was absolutely brutal. A pregnant woman was stoned to death by her own family in front of a Pakistani court on Tuesday for ...

Gadgets and experiments take center stage Tuesday as President Obama hosts the annual White House Science Fair. The event honors the winners of competitions devoted to science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education. "The President will ...