Once a militant bastion, the West Bank city is now open to visits from Israeli Arabs. The move could help bolster the peace process and provide a much-needed economic boost.
Barack Obama has moved to transform his primary organization into a general election machine, hiring staff members and sending organizers into key states.
Rafael Nadal won his fourth consecutive French Open title, beating Roger Federer 6-1, 6-3, 6-0 in one of the most dominant performances in Grand Slam history.
Wearing the signature bowtie, Bill Nye, the self-described "deep spacey loser," told Johns Hopkins students to "CHANGE THE WORLD," with booming voice and expressive hand motions to match.
AP - While many people will work on their tans this summer, or on summer reading lists or on not working too hard, two exceptions — John McCain and Barack Obama — and their underlings will be working.
AP - A suicide truck bomber who concealed his explosives under tanned animal hides struck a U.S. patrol base Sunday in northern Iraq, killing one U.S. soldier and wounding 18 other Americans, U.S. and Iraqi officials said.
AP - Drivers are paying an average of $4 for a gallon of gasoline for the first time. AAA and the Oil Price Information Service say the national average price for a gallon of regular gas rose to $4.005 overnight from $3.988. But consumers in many parts of the country have already been paying well above that price for some time.
What a long, strange, unhappy trip it's been for Bill Clinton. The 42nd president's reputation as a master politician and respected elder statesman has been damaged. Some Clinton partisans are privately grumbling that he helped sink his wife's presidential campaign. How did this happen?
With Sen. Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign officially over, she is focusing on making sure her supporters back Sen. Barack Obama's bid. In a CNN poll, 60 percent of Clinton supporters said they would vote for Obama, but 17 percent said they would vote for McCain and 22 percent said they would not vote at all if Clinton were not the nominee.
Sen. Hillary Clinton officially suspended her campaign in a speech today and endorsed Sen. Barack Obama for president. "I endorse him and throw my full support behind him. And I ask all of you to join me in working as hard for Barack Obama as you have for me," Clinton said to a cheering crowd in Washington.
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