In a policy shift, the United States on Thursday announced plans to send military rations and medical supplies directly to Syrian opposition fighters, but fell short of providing weapons and ammunition that the rebels had been asking for.

Fret not, Olive Garden lovers: The “endless” breadsticks aren’t going away. But new management has big changes in store for the casual dining chain, which touts family-style Italian food and has struggled with declining sales.

The prosecution in the Jodi Arias trial tries to prove that Arias has been creating a web of lies on the stand.

Track the events and the analysis from Travis Alexander’s death and Jodi Arias’ murder trial. CNN’s Randi Kaye reports.

Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai has ordered that all U.S. special forces must leave Wardak province, just west of Kabul, within two weeks, citing allegations of disappearances and torture.

It is surely among the strangest jail break stories ever conceived: a daring escapade in which a determined band of young women beat one of the toughest security regimes in the world.

At least 28 NASCAR fans were injured Saturday when large chunks of debris, including a tire, sailed into the grandstands when a car flew into the fence on a frightening last-lap accident in the second-tier Nationwide Series race at Daytona International Speedway.

Europe’s scandal over horse meat hidden in beef products — including recalls of Nestle ravioli and Birds Eye chili con carne — has renewed questions about whether Americans could unwittingly be eating equine products as well.

A winter storm with heavy snow and ice is hammering the southern and central Plains on Thursday, dumping as much as a foot of snow.

Oscar Pistorius’ bail hearing descended into chaos Thursday after it emerged the lead detective investigating the killing of the Olympian’s girlfriend was himself facing attempted murder charges.