An unattended campfire and a suspicious forest ranger led to the arrest of two of the most wanted fugitives in the U.S., ending a three-week nationwide manhunt.

A South Korean Christian pastor who visited North Korea without government permission was arrested on Friday during his trip home across the heavily guarded border between the countries.

Reprising a quotation from Mark Twain, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. declared at the D.N.C. meeting in St. Louis that "the reports of the death of the Democratic Party have been greatly exaggerated."

Muslim New Yorkers are grappling deeply with the lingering ambiguities of their place in American society nine years after 9/11.

The Obama administration has persuaded Israel that it would take roughly a year for Iran to complete a nuclear weapon, according to American officials.

The parties are expected to resume direct negotiations for the first time in 20 months, delivering the Obama administration a small victory in the Middle East peace process.

Even with the end of combat operations, Iraq remains a job that inspires emotion only among those who do it.

Roger Clemens could not brush back Andy Pettitte’s memory of a brief conversation in their training days.

Green Bay running back Quinn Porter’s journey to the N.F.L. began at Stillman College, where he started on the sideline, as a cheerleader.

Farmers in America’s bread-basket are leery of the recent rise in wheat prices, prompted by the drought in Russia.

Rahmatullah Nabil said he wanted to demonstrate that Afghans were capable of taking charge of their own security.

Geneticists report they have seen a dead gene come back to life and cause a common form of muscular dystrophy.

After weeks of gagging on noxious fumes from wildfires, Muscovites are finally in the clear.

The parties are expected to resume direct negotiations for the first time in 20 months, delivering the Obama administration a small victory in the Middle East peace process.

The Blagojevich verdict was widely viewed as a rare setback for Patrick J. Fitzgerald, a federal prosecutor.

Many recent graduates who had expected to work at big law firms are reconsidering their career options.

The existence of a huge plume of dispersed oil might pose a continuing threat to wildlife for months or years.

Many Roma have been caught up in a push by the French government to crack down on crime and illegal immigration.

Joan Davis, 74, known as a council critic and a harmless eccentric, was found dead in her burning home in Teaneck.

Floods shattered hopes in the area, where residents had just began rebuilding after troops drove the Taliban into hiding.