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In marathon talks in Kabul, Secretary of State John Kerry persuaded the reluctant Afghan president to agree to a deal on the planned withdrawal of American troops next year. While some questions about the agreement remain unresolved, it marks a diplomatic victory for Kerry. Now it is up to Karzai to sell it to his people.

Dozens of people are missing a feared dead after flood waters loosened a hillside which smashed a village near Mexico's resort city of Acapulco. It's the latest damage from storms that have battered the region.

Former military chief Abdel Fattah el-Sissi is the heavy favorite to win. His only rival is leftist politician Hamdeen Sabahi, who placed a strong third in the last presidential election held in 2012.

A 1-year-old boy who apparently was looking for his mother climbed out onto a window ledge. People in the street below noticed and sprang into action.

The director of national intelligence says that with 70 percent of spy agency staff on furlough, essential staff are being stretched thin.

Police clashed with supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi, just as the U.S. reopened its embassy in the country.

Frank DeAngelis helped shepherd students to safety during the shootings in 1999. The tragedy took a toll on DeAngelis but he promised the students he would stay.

Carlotta Walls LaNier was the youngest of the nine black children who volunteered to be the first to integrate the then all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.

The execution of three inmates has been put on hold, as the Supreme Court intervenes in a case that involves the controversy over the drugs used to put people to death.

Petro Poroshenko says that the only way forward in ending the conflict with Russian-backed separatists in the country's east is to revive a cease-fire agreement forged in September in Minsk.