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Afghans take security lead role from NATO coalition

Ceremony marking transition to country's armed forces comes as botched bomb attack on politician in Kabul kills at least 3 civilians

Basement living in China

Thousands of migrant workers, dubbed the "rat tribe" live in tiny rooms far underground

Snowden: "U.S. Government is not going to be able to cover this up"

Watch: From a secret location in Hong Kong, someone claiming to be Edward Snowden defended leaking classified U.S. intelligence programs

Snowden: U.S. gov't destroyed my chance for fair trial

NSA leaker says the U.S. "immediately and predictably" destroyed any chance of a fair trial by declaring him guilty of treason

100,000 line streets of Brazil in expanding protests

Demonstrations sparked by transportation fare hike continue in 8 cities;protests mostly peaceful, despite some fires and violence

AFRICOM head to testify on Benghazi for first time

Gen. Carter Ham was leading U.S. military operations in Africa during the Benghazi embassy attack; hearing will be behind closed doors

Most Americans oppose arming Syrian rebels, poll shows

Pew poll: Democrats and Republicans alike oppose President Obama's decision to arm rebels trying to overthrow Syrian President Assad

High Court: States can't require voters to prove citizenship

Watch: The Supreme Court struck down an Arizona law that required proof of citizenship when registering to vote

Supreme Court strikes down Arizona voting law

Court says states cannot require would-be voters to prove they are U.S. citizens before using a federal registration system designed to make signing up easier

"Tweet" added to Oxford English Dictionary

And never again stress over whether it's spelled "crowd-sourcing," "crowd sourcing" or "crowdsourcing"

Day care worker accused of drugging snacks for nap-time

Police say Ohio woman crushed Benadryl into pancake batter and juice; she insists there's a big misunderstanding

Shock lingers after alleged Nazi unit leader, 94, found in U.S.

Discovery that Michael Karkoc lived quietly in Minneapolis for past six decades comes as shock to those who know him; family strongly denies story

Children's hand transplant program launched in Boston

"Children will potentially benefit even more from this procedure than adults," says program's leader Dr. Amir Taghinia

Scientists grow new organs on scaffolding

Progress in the science of "scaffolding" allows doctors to create body parts in the laboratory

Streisand slams treatment of women in Israel

Causes stir during first major stop on her tour of the Jewish state

Former Microsoft exec tries his luck at building marijuana brand

Jamen Shively vows to raise $10 million and build his company, Diego Pellicer, into international marijuana powerhouse

Pentagon to begin training women for combat roles by 2015

Women may be able to become Army Rangers by mid-2015, and Navy SEALs by 2016, according to a military plan for women in combat jobs

Obama on NSA programs: Americans "not getting the complete story"

President tells Charlie Rose the intelligence community is working to declassify the programs as much as possible

Iran's president-elect seen as bridge-builder

Hassan Rowhani signaled a more open approach on Tehran's nuclear program

"Very easy to slip-slide" into deeper Syrian involvement, Obama says

Details his decision to arm rebels fighting to topple Assad regime