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Rescue workers in Turkey and Syria stretched into a third day of recovery operations on Wednesday as the death toll from this week's massive earthquake reached a grim milestone.

The Obama administration warns that the situation looks ugly for the department under the sequester. But for now, the most alarming claims — that prosecutors will drop cases and criminals will walk free — seem to be just that: alarms.

Alan Blinder, vice chairman of the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors during the Clinton administration, says federal officials have made a good start, but that he expects a much larger federal intervention in the financial system over the coming days and months.

The tiny Himalayan nation of Bhutan has crowned its fifth king in an elaborate Buddhist ceremony. It was the new king's father who pioneered the concept of "gross national happiness" — meaning there's more to a country than economic growth, and spiritual and mental well-being matter just as much.

A conflict in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan has forced thousands to flee bombardment and hunger for newly independent neighbor South Sudan. The refugees from Sudan's last oil-producing state at Yida camp say they are being punished for fighting alongside the South in Sudan's bitter civil war.

Warmer temperatures make for longer and more intense pollen seasons and more severe hay fever symptoms. New research indicates these changes are already contributing to rising rates of hay fever.

Warmer temperatures are making for longer and more intense pollen seasons, and more severe hay fever symptoms. A new review of research finds these changes are already contributing to rising rates of hay fever.

After residents complained they were being held hostage by pooping, screaming birds, Miami officials voted to cull some of the hundreds of peacocks that roam the streets of Coconut Grove.

More than 1,000 New York Times newsroom union members went out on strike for a full day in the biggest work action at the paper in decades.

Runners in Atlanta will be dealing with more heat during this year's Fourth of July Peachtree Road Race.