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A new report from the Government Accountability Office finds serious shortcomings in how the Iraq war is being handled, and estimates the costs at about $3 billion per week. The report adds fuel to a rancorous Capitol Hill debate over Iraq.

U.S. employers added 678,000 jobs in February as the unemployment rate fell to 3.8%, from 4% in January. The Federal Reserve hopes to curb inflation without stalling job growth.

The good news is that air travel to and from Venezuela is dirt cheap due to the difference between the official cost of tickets and the black-market currency rate. The bad news is that many flights are booked up months in advance.

The author's mother was a Red Cross volunteer assigned to Patton's 3rd Army — she was with the troops who helped liberate Buchenwald. Urrea's new woman-centered wartime novel is Good Night, Irene.

In 24 hours, 25.91 inches of rain fell at the Fort Lauderdale airport, the National Weather Service said. The figure would obliterate the previous record: 14.59 inches.

By a 5-to-3 vote, the court struck down a Texas law enacted in the name of protecting women's health. The court said the law was an unconstitutional sham aimed at limiting women's access to abortion.

Pakistani, American and Italian college students responded to find ways to counter groups like ISIS, but the U.S. government's record of battling propaganda online is not a strong one.

In 2016, 7% of the nearly 3 million eligible overseas voters cast ballots. But they say they've never felt such urgency to participate in an election, and their votes could make a difference in 2020.

The head of Cleveland Public Power (CPP) is apologizing for the utility's role in a blackout last Saturday. The outage, which started at another company's electrical substation, left an estimated 40,000 customers on the city's west side in the dark for nearly seven hours. Speaking to reporters at CPP's office on Monday, Commissioner Ivan Henderson said the agency is working "feverishly" to restore a power line that would have provided the west side with a backup electricity feed but has been out of service since December 2016.

MetroHealth is no longer just Cuyahoga County’s public hospital. It will be able to start operating inpatient facilities in eight other surrounding counties —Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Medina, Portage, Stark, Summit and Wayne— as a result of a new law passed by state lawmakers. It’s a major change in the way MetroHealth System has operated for its 181-year history. It raises questions about how the public hospital will finance its expanded s