A unanimous vote made Barack Obama the first African-American to become a major party nominee for president, bringing to an end a two-year political struggle.
More than 200 militants captured in Iraq and Afghanistan over the past two years have been handed over to their countries’ intelligence services, U.S. officials said.
The results of a telephone survey conducted by The New York Times show that Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg would find ample support in the City Council for a proposal to overturn the term limit laws.
The accounts of Asif Ali Zardari, who is expected to become Pakistan’s president, had been frozen in 1997 at the request of Pakistani authorities investigating Mr. Zardari for corruption.
The extreme secrecy surrounding talks between the most senior American and Pakistani commanders on Tuesday underscores how gravely the two nations regard the militant threat.
To help prop up their sagging economy, officials in Sarasota, Fla., are trying with all their civic might to poach the Red Sox’ spring training operation from Fort Myers.
