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A military probe has concluded that U.S. Marines in Iraq killed unarmed Iraqi civilians without provocation. The inquiry alleges that a group of Marines fired on men, women and children while looking for insurgents after an explosion of a roadside bomb killed one of their comrades. Madeleine Brand speaks with Los Angeles Times reporter Tony Perry about the investigation.

Already beset by violence and political instability, Iraqis face another crisis as the country's largest oil refinery shuts down due to insurgent threats against fuel tank drivers. The news has sparked a growing rush for scarce gasoline, and the country's oil minister has been suspended.

Internet search engine Google is drawing praise from civil libertarians for its refusal to hand over records about the search requests of millions of its users to federal prosecutors. Government lawyers say they need the information to defend a law meant to protect children from online pornography.

South Korean scientists who authored a landmark paper on how to derive stem cell lines from individuals have been embroiled in an ethics scandal over how some of the work was conducted. Tuesday, a U.S. co-author of the paper has called into question the paper's scientific accuracy.

She and daughter Wynonna were due to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Her death was announced by Wynonna and actress Ashley Judd.

President Obama was in Selma, Ala., for the anniversary of the voting rights march Saturday. Thousands came out to celebrate the moment.

Donald Trump will be in Washington on Thursday for a round of meetings with Republican officials. He's working on unifying the party ahead of the Republican National Convention.

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.

If confirmed, Christopher Wray will take over a vast agency with more than 30,000 employees and a myriad of departments that the public has come to know through depictions in popular culture.

The devastating 2015 earthquake killed thousands and leveled entire mountain villages. Residents are only now getting the first installment of the money promised by the government.