Tropical Storm Beryl threatened to soak military remembrance ceremonies and beach vacations on Memorial Day as it brought drenching rain, winds and the possibility of flooding to the southeastern U.S. coast. The storm made landfall in Florida just after midnight Monday near Jacksonville Beach in Florida with near-hurricane-strength winds of 70 mph, according to the

Fredrik Persson/AP Mohammed Morsi, the Muslim Brotherhood’s presidential candidate, was the leading vote getter in Egypt’s presidential election last week. But he did not get an outright majority and will face a run-off on June 16-17 against a former prime minister. He’s shown here during a campaign rally. The chairman of Egypt’s presidential election commission

The United Nations has confirmed that at least 90 people were killed by tank shells and artillery fire in central Syria this weekend. While the UN did not outright say this was the work of the Syrian army, activists and residents say the military is the only institution that has such weapons. NPR’s Kelly McEvers

The Catholic Church has been in the public spotlight a lot this year. The issues of contraception and gay marriage have been part of the presidential campaign and church leaders have weighed in. There have also been new revelations in a case involving leaked Vatican documents, and it may actually be a case where the

The Exergy Tour began Thursday night in Boise, Idaho. It’s the largest women’s five-day stage race in North America. It’s also the last major race before cycling teams are chosen for the Olympics in London. This Tour is meant to raise the bar for women’s cycling but as Sadie Babits reports, the race began with

The General Services Administration executive who was responsible for an $823,000 conference in Las Vegas is no longer with the GSA, the agency confirmed Thursday. GSA spokesman Adam Elkington would not say whether Jeffrey Neely resigned or was fired from the agency that is in charge of federal buildings and supplies. The GSA inspector general

Enlarge Courtesy of Harrison Wright After Harrison Wright was drafted into the U.S. Army as a teenager in 1943, he became a bugler. Courtesy of Harrison Wright After Harrison Wright was drafted into the U.S. Army as a teenager in 1943, he became a bugler. Enlarge StoryCorps Harrison Wright, 88, with his grandson Sean Guess,

Nikolay Korchekov/Reuters/Landov A Rosneft flag flies over the Russian oil giant’s refinery near the city of Samara. Growth of Russia’s oil and gas output has stalled, but Exxon Mobil and other foreign firms have signed deals to help exploit the Arctic. Russia is still the world’s largest producer of oil and gas, but growth has

A federal jury ruled Wednesday that Google didn’t infringe on Oracle’s patents when the Internet search leader developed its popular Android software for mobile devices. Wednesday’s verdict comes about two weeks after the same jury, with two additional members, failed to agree on a pivotal issue in Oracle’s copyright-infringement case against Google. As a result,

A fire on a nuclear-powered submarine at a Maine shipyard has injured four people. Fire crews responded Wednesday to the USS Miami SSN 755 at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard on an island in Kittery, a town near Portsmouth, N.H., popular with tourists. The shipyard says four injured people have been treated and released. The Portsmouth

Mongolia, the land of Genghis Khan and nomadic herders, is in the midst of a remarkable transition. Rich in coal, gold and copper, this country of fewer than 3 million people in Central Asia is riding a mineral boom that is expected to more than double its GDP within a decade. The rapid changes simultaneously

Enlarge Christopher Polk/WireImage via Getty Image The Apostolic Tabernacle Mass Choir performs in Oakland, Calif., in 2010. Christopher Polk/WireImage via Getty Image The Apostolic Tabernacle Mass Choir performs in Oakland, Calif., in 2010. Fairly or not, African-Americans have become the public face of resistance to same-sex marriage, owing to their religious beliefs and the outspoken