ELLICOTT CITY, Md. -- Ellicott City was devastated by a massive storm on the Sunday before Memorial Day, just two years after a flash flood forced the historic city in Howard County to rebuild much of its Main Street.

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan declared a state of emergency and said he was on his way to the scene of the devastation. He said in a...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- Last year, Matthew Johnston logged on to his Facebook account to vent.

Going to be deleting a lot of people off of Facebook. Just realized how many fake people I have on here, he wrote.

But at the time Johnston might have been the biggest faker on his own Facebook page: a man posing as a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ...Read more

RIO BRAVO, Texas -- Marta Martinez was in her bedroom about a mile from the border in south Texas on Wednesday, preparing to attend her son's end-of-year award ceremony at school, when she heard a gunshot. She told her children to stay inside and rushed out to see a Border Patrol agent with a gun in his hand.

It was not unusual for Martinez, 39...Read more

ROME –– Italy sank deeper into political uncertainty as populist leaders pulled the plug on their attempt to form a government after the president rejected their choice of a euroskeptic, Germany-bashing candidate as finance minister.

The anti-establishment Five Star Movement said it was considering proposing impeachment of President Sergio ...Read more

ROME –– Italian President Sergio Mattarella has summoned economist Carlo Cottarelli for talks Monday, after an attempt to create the country's first populist government failed Sunday.

The move appears to be part of preparations for a caretaker government after Giuseppe Conte, the prime ministerial pick for a coalition between the anti-...Read more

As the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy approaches, conspiracy theories still abound.

The latest to add his voice to those who believe there was a second gunman is the senator's son Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Sirhan B. Sirhan, a 24-year-old Palestinian immigrant, was arrested and later convicted of the shooting at the...Read more

DHAKA, Bangladesh -- A crackdown on alleged drug dealers has left at least 91 people dead in less than two weeks in Bangladesh, sparking fears of a Philippines-style drug war marked by extrajudicial killings.

Most of the deaths have occurred in what the Bangladeshi news media have referred to as shootouts or gunfights, although the families of ...Read more

BERLIN -- Several thousand demonstrators from across Germany gathered in the capital Sunday for a rally organized by the far-right Alternative for Germany party, with anti-AfD protesters lining the route in central Berlin.

About 2,000 police officers provided security for the AfD.

The party estimated that about 5,000 had turned out for its ...Read more

WASHINGTON ––Donald Trump's lawyer again questioned the legitimacy of Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election as a possible interview of Trump by the special counsel.

"We're more convinced as we see it that this is a rigged investigation," Rudy Giuliani said Sunday on CNN's "State of the Nation." Asked...Read more

WASHINGTON –– The Supreme Court is heading into the final month of its term, facing decisions on gerrymandering, unions, gay rights, abortion and President Donald Trump's travel ban.

This term's best-known case is a culture-war clash that pits equal rights for gay customers against a claim of religious liberty from a Christian store owner. ...Read more

An unprecedented amount of money from wealthy donors, unions and corporations is flowing into the California governor's race, giving independent groups -- unrestricted by contribution limits -- a greater say in picking the state's chief executive than ever before.

The groups have already spent more than $26 million through Thursday, the most ...Read more

BALTIMORE -- It's hard to think of a more volatile mix: Four young black males from Baltimore City, accused in the death of a white female police officer in Baltimore County. Authorities say three of the teenagers were breaking into homes when the fourth ran the officer over in a stolen Jeep.

Predictably enough, social media, call-in radio and ...Read more

SEOUL, South Korea -- Prospects for a historic U.S.-North Korean summit appear be improving following a surprise meeting Saturday between the leaders of North and South Korea during which the two men discussed reviving the summit that President Donald Trump had called off.

The meeting between North Korea's Kim Jong Un and South Korean President...Read more

LOS ANGELES--The ancient mosaic depicts Hercules and other figures from Roman mythology and is believed to date from the 3rd or 4th century. It is 18 feet wide and 8 feet tall, and weighs one ton.

The Byzantine artwork was seized by FBI agents in 2016 at the Palmdale home of Mohamad Yassin Alcharihi, who is accused in a complaint filed in ...Read more

LOS ANGELES--Just as C.L. Max Nikias was about to assume the responsibilities as the University of Southern California's president in 2010, the university was reeling from NCAA sanctions levied against its athletic program.

Citing a lack of institutional control and unethical conduct, the NCAA erased the accomplishments of nine years -- two ...Read more