UNITED STATES

Iraqi forensic teams began on Monday excavating 12 suspected mass grave sites thought to hold the corpses of as many as 1,700 soldiers massacred last summer by Islamic State militants as they swept across northern Iraq.

For the first time ever, a majority of U.S. voters support legalizing marijuana at the federal level.

Only two out of 32 commercial weight-loss programs evaluated have scientific evidence that participants achieve even modest weight loss after one year.

The couple’s relationship went south when the husband apparently refused to have a traditional Ghanaian wedding ceremony.

The energy sector led the blue-chip index and the S&P 500 higher Monday, driven by gains after crude oil prices rallied more than 6 percent.

U.S. initial public offerings by venture-backed companies fell to a two-year low in the first quarter of 2015, according to data from the National Venture Capital Association and Thomson Reuters.

Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka made clear his view that it was crucial for the security of the former Soviet-bloc nation to remain in lock step with NATO and the EU.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has criticized the deal on Iran's nuclear program reached in Switzerland last week.

A landmark report on Colombia's ongoing conflict said U.S. soldiers and contractors raped more than 50 girls in the mid-2000s.

Applicants for work permits must answer 60 percent of the questions correctly. Applicants for resident status must get 75 percent of the test correct.

Crude prices rose Monday as Saudi Arabia moved to raise oil prices in Asia.

Amid tension with Russia, Poland decides to fortify its defenses.

In November, President Obama bypassed Congress in signing an executive order shielding nearly 5 million immigrants from deportation.

While the U.S. is hoping to prevent another border crisis this year, Mexico is cutting the flow at its own southern frontier.

The ongoing decline in tourism has hurt Kenya in recent years.

You should ask your tour guide, "What do students do on the weekends?"

The trademark gives exclusive use of the word "apple" to Leonard Timepieces, specifically with watches and jewelry.

The majority of many fruits and vegetables in America are grown in California.

While he speaks Spanish and has a Mexican-born wife, potential 2016 candidate and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is not Hispanic.

John Oliver, host of HBO’s Last Week Tonight, traveled to Russia to interview whistleblower Edward Snowden.

At a time when Pentagon prepares for opening up all combat jobs to women, some men in the service believe commando jobs should remain male-only.