UNITED STATES

June 14 marks the celebration of Flag Day in the United States. The annual holiday commemorates the adoption of the flag of the Unites States in 1777. The Second Continental Congress adoped the American continental army after reaching a consensus position in the Committee of the Whole on June 14, 1775.

Lynn Shelton?s latest film stars Emily Blunt, Rosemarie DeWitt and Mark Duplass.

Secretariat's winning time in the 1973 Preakness Stakes will be reviewed upon a request by the horse's owner, Penny Chenery, and Maryland Jockey Club President Thomas Chuckas. In an effort to investigate the official timing of the race, the Maryland Racing Commission said it will consider the inquiry at its next meeting on June 19 at Laurel Park.

It seems Apple has so much faith in its new powerhouse MacBook Pro Retina Display, that it has compromised the extent of its repairability.

U.S. 30-year fixed mortgage rates increased to 3.71 percent, reversing six weeks of declines after modestly positive economic data, mortgage financier Freddie Mac said Thursday.

You can see a live look at the 2012 U.S. Open leaderboard here.

Ahead of next year?s expansion of Internet domain names with hundreds of new suffixes, 1,930 applications have been submitted to the governing Internet Corp. for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta implored Congress this week to avoid the approaching first installment of some $500 billion in defense cutbacks, saying the reductions would hollow out America's military.

As the euro zone lurches from crisis to crisis, the spotlight is set to fall on Chancellor Angela Merkel as world leaders look to Germany to take a lead.

Charges of doping have long followed seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong. Now the cyclist is facing those charges again, this time from a quasi-governmental agency, the United States Anti-Doping Agency, and there are a number of reasons why the new claims are different than the others Armstrong has faced over the last decade.

?Life,? the philosopher Soren Kierkegaard said, ?must be lived forward, but can only be understood backwards.?

American travelers headed to Mexico should be forewarned of possible violent retaliation for this week?s arrest of seven alleged Zetas drug cartel members, according to a new travel warning issued by the U.S. State Department.

The first six holes at the US Open are giving players nightmares as the tournament begins.

Over the past two years, five Iranian nuclear scientists have been killed.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama headed to New York City this evening for a celebrity fundraiser at Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick's West Village townhouse.

U.S. foreclosure filings increased for the first time in three months by 9 percent in May, according to a Thursday report by listings site RealtyTrac.

A majority of Americans still believe former President George W. Bush is responsible for the sagging economy, according to a new Gallup poll.

Volkswagen AG (Frankfurt: VOW) will pay ?600 million ($750 million) more than originally expected for the remaining 50.1 percent of sports car maker Porsche, bringing the total cost of the acquisition to ?4.5 billion, up from ?3.9 billion, according to Bloomberg.

Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, Phil Mickelson, and the rest of the PGA's stars get to work at the US Open this weekend.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned Moscow that it could lose its regional influence if it continues to side with the Syrian government and its 15 month-long crackdown.

Though the FIFA World Cup 2022 is still a decade away, it has lately generated increased concerns over Qatar's policies on migrant workers.