‘I’m glad we’re both alive’: John Kerry’s emotional stop in Vietnam on final trip

Ca Mau, Vietnam: It could have been 1969 again as US Secretary of State John Kerry stood on the bow of the small boat chugging up the Bay Hap River on Saturday, the wind billowing his sleeves and his eyes darting left and right toward banks shrouded in dark foliage. As a young Navy lieutenant, Kerry commanded a Swift boat along this stretch of churning brown waters in the middle of a free-fire zone.

Obama administration provides Hillary Clinton’s first line of defense amid scandals

Just as stunning as the unending stream of reports of scandal and subterfuge that has come to define Hillary Clinton 's tenure as secretary of state is the Obama administration's tireless effort to keep a lid on it. Whether it's the Justice Department taking a pass when afforded the opportunity to investigate or the State Department steadfastly defending every controversy, President Obama's administration has emerged as a first line of defense for the woman who would carry on his legacy.

The Latest: Cameron sings after announcing departure

Conservative leadership contender Andrea Leadsom, issues a statement outside her home in Northamptonshire, England, after a newspaper suggested she was using her status as a mother to gain an advantage over leadership rival... Former Democratic Sen. Evan Bayh is expected to make another run for Senate in Indiana, Democratic officials said Monday, a development that would dramatically improve the party's chances to win back the vacant seat,... The suspect in the deadly attack on Dallas police taunted authorities during two hours of negotiations, laughing at them, singing and at one point asking how many officers he had shot, the police chief said.

Red Cross collecting samples to ID missing from Lebanon war

Umalbaneen Ali Wehbe, sister's of Habib Ali Wehbe who went missing in 1976 during the Lebanese civil war, cries as her sister Zeinab speaks during an interview with The Associated Press after members of The International Red Cr... Former Democratic Sen. Evan Bayh is expected to make another run for Senate in Indiana, Democratic officials said Monday, a development that would dramatically improve the party's chances to win back the vacant seat,... The suspect in the deadly attack on Dallas police taunted authorities during two hours of negotiations, laughing at them, singing and at one point asking how many officers he had shot, the police chief said.

Library of Congress Drops Illegal Alien Subject Heading, Provokes Backlash Legislation

Thanks to the joint efforts of a student group and university librarians at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, with a push from the American Library Association , the Library of Congress announced on March 22 that it would remove the term "Illegal alien" from the LC Subject Heading system, replacing it with "Noncitizen" and, to describe the act of residing without authorization, "Unauthorized immigration." The heading "Illegal aliens" will become a "former heading" reference, cross-referenced with the new terminology; other headings that include the phrase will also be revised or canceled.