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Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., listens as the committee's ranking Republican, Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee, speaks before Wednesday's vote.

Senate Panel Passes Authorization For Force Against Syria

The Foreign Relations Committee votes 10-7 to authorize the use of force against Syria for its use of chemical weapons.

Seattle Public Schools will let high schools scrap the MAP

Seattle public high schools will be able to opt out of the controversial Measures of Academic Progress, or MAP tests, starting next year. The policy…

NBA owners: Sacramento Kings to stay put

NBA owners voted Wednesday to reject the Sacramento Kings' proposed move to Seattle. The 22-to-8 vote followed a recommendation made last month by the…

Seattle wants to give free-standing public toilets another go

Five years after Seattle had to get rid of its free-standing public toilet structures, Mayor Mike McGinn wants to give it another go, this time with a new…

Xander, a pug mix, lost both his eyes in an accident. He now works as a therapy dog, and visits groups such as this class at a daycare center.

Little Dog Does A Big Job In Oregon

He can't see, and he's not very big — but as dogs go, Xander the pug is having a big impact on Klamath Falls, Ore. The blind pup even made the front page of the local paper, for bringing empathy and happiness to people for whom such things are in short supply.

The controversial burger, which comes with an unconsecrated communion wafer, at the Kuma's Corner restaurant in Chicago.

Tasteless Or Not? Restaurant Puts Communion Wafer On Burger

Kuma's Corner, a Chicago eatery, says the dish is in honor of a Swedish heavy metal band that dresses in religious robes. Critics say it makes a mockery of something that is holy to Catholics and many other Christians.

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