Many Pakistani-Americans say they are reluctant to donate to Pakistan flood relief efforts because they think their money will only line the pockets of a government they see as corrupt.
The money for schools to rehire teachers, counselors and support workers is instead being set aside by school districts worried about cuts to come in the current school year.
Even as prosecutors prepare to retry Rod R. Blagojevich on the corruption charges against him, the calls to finally fix Illinois politics appear to have faded.
Iraq remains haunted by the decisions of the earliest days of the occupation, when the United States helped install opposition exiles to lead the country.
AP - A New York imam and his proposed mosque near ground zero are being demonized by political candidates — mostly Republicans — despite the fact that Islam is already very much a part of the World Trade Center neighborhood. And that Muslims pray inside the Pentagon, too, less than 80 feet from where terrorists attacked.
AP - A line of heavily armored American military vehicles, their headlights twinkling in the predawn desert, lumbered past the barbed wire and metal gates marking the border between Iraq and Kuwait early Thursday and rolled into history.
AP - Americans increasingly are convinced — incorrectly — that President Barack Obama is a Muslim, and a growing number are thoroughly confused about his religion.
ABC News finds evidence that Islamic militant groups are taking advantage of Pakistan's flooding to win hearts and minds by handing out aid to flood victims.
Arizona officials seeking two fugitives released new information, saying one of them is missing a prominent tooth, while his alleged accomplice is missing most of a finger.
The last U.S. brigade combat team has left Iraq, leaving 56,000 U.S. troops in the country, says the U.S. military. President Obama's goal of 50,000 remaining troops by Sept.1 is near.
Gov. David Paterson says he'd like to discuss plans for an Islamic center and mosque near ground zero with its developers to see if a compromise site can be found.