April 29, 2013  |   The shock of the April 15 attacks at the Boston Marathon affected Americans nationwide, but runners couldn't sit still for long. By the next morning, runners in Washington, D.C., Chicago, Charleston and countless other cities all woke up with the same idea: get out and run for Boston.

February 6, 2013  |   Mark Bartolini has led the U.S effort in providing humanitarian aid to Syrians as director of the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance, a division of USAID. Before stepping down last week, he made several trips to Syrian refugee...

January 22, 2013  |   Supporters of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu react as results come into campaign headquarters in Tel Aviv. Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party appeared to eke out a win in Tuesday's elections, according...

January 21, 2013  |   How Do Israelis Elect Their Leaders? Israelis 18 years and older will vote in elections for the Knesset, the 120-seat unicameral legislative body, on Tuesday. Ballots are cast not for candidates but for political parties, whose members receive seats...