From: Newsday on Mon, Jul 18 2011 5:19 PM

General David Petraeus handed over command of U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan to General John Allen at a ceremony in Kabul Monday. (July 18)

From: Newsday on Mon, Jul 18 2011 1:52 PM

Following the resignation of Britain’s top police officer and amid calls for yet another Murdoch media probe _ the prime minister says he'll return from an Africa trip to face lawmakers again. AP video. (July 18)

From: Newsday on Sun, Jul 17 2011 9:30 PM

London’s police chief has quit over his links to a former News of the World editor caught up in the phone hacking scandal. Metropolitan Police commissioner Paul Stephenson denies any wrongdoing. (July 17)

From: Newsday on Sun, Jul 17 2011 6:13 PM

Authorities say a Northern California man has been arrested on suspicion of making death threats against Sen. Barbara Boxer. (July 17)

From: Newsday on Sun, Jul 17 2011 6:12 PM

The Los Angeles mayor says a 10-mile stretch of one of the nation’s busiest freeways will reopen beginning at about 11:30 a.m. because bridge work on the roadway was completed 16 hours ahead of schedule. (July 17)

From: Newsday on Sun, Jul 17 2011 6:12 PM

The Los Angeles mayor says a 10-mile stretch of one of the nation’s busiest freeways will reopen beginning at about 11:30 a.m. because bridge work on the roadway was completed 16 hours ahead of schedule. (July 17)

From: Newsday on Sun, Jul 17 2011 5:04 AM

Southern Californians were making the ultimate sacrifice Saturday to avoid the dreaded "Carmageddon." Traffic flowed freely through LA, despite fears of epic traffic jams spawned by the weekend shutdown of a 10-mile stretch of Interstate 405. (July 16)

From: Newsday on Sat, Jul 16 2011 10:36 PM

Hundreds of Taiwanese farmers held a protest on Saturday to demand help from the government and to complain about the expropriation of agricultural land. (July 16)

From: Newsday on Sat, Jul 16 2011 3:59 PM

In his weekly radio and Internet address, President Barack Obama said the wealthiest Americans must "pay their fair share." (July 16)

From: Newsday on Sat, Jul 16 2011 3:59 PM

Thirty-one of the 33 miners saved last year in a dramatic operation after 69 days trapped in a Chilean mine presented a lawsuit on Friday against the government for negligence. (July 16)

From: Newsday on Thu, Jul 14 2011 4:32 AM

Betty Ford’s body arrives in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where the former first lady grew up, at the airport named after her husband, President Gerald Ford. (July 13)

From: Newsday on Thu, Jul 14 2011 1:22 AM

Newsday’s Jim Baumbach discussed updates in the Roger Clemens trial on News 12. (July 13, 2011)

From: Newsday on Wed, Jul 13 2011 9:42 AM

China said its economic growth eased to 9.5 percent in the latest quarter amid rate hikes. But the numbers give the government room to keep taking measures to fight inflation. (July 13)

From: Newsday on Wed, Jul 13 2011 6:20 AM

A handyman is accused of using a Catholic priest’s own gun to kill him at a beachfront house in Mississippi, then taking his ex-wife and kids on a Disney World vacation in the dead cleric's car, authorities said. (July 12)

From: Newsday on Tue, Jul 12 2011 8:24 PM

Caption: Families of soldiers killed by an interpreter working for Ohio-based contractor Mission Essential Personnel sue for wrongful death 18 months after he kills two and injures a third during a shooting spree inside a U.S. base in Afghanistan. AP video. (July 12, 2011)

From: Newsday on Tue, Jul 12 2011 10:57 AM

Former California Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez has angered the parents of a 22-year-old college student who was stabbed to death, after Nunez said his son’s manslaughter sentence in the case was politically motivated. (July 12)

From: Newsday on Tue, Jul 12 2011 10:57 AM

Like many cities, Whittier, Calif. is facing a tight budget. But city leaders say this community near Los Angeles is sitting on a solution: oil. They want to drill in a park. But neighbors say oil would sully the preserve they fought to protect. (July 12)

From: Newsday on Mon, Jul 11 2011 6:07 PM

40,000 gathered in Srebrenica Monday, as Bosnia reburied 613 victims on the 16th anniversary of the massacre in the town. AP video. (July 11)

From: Newsday on Mon, Jul 11 2011 2:51 PM

Newly-installed Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta visited troops at Camp Dwyer in Afghanistan. He is headed to Iraq Monday to speak with leaders about the U.S. presence there. AP video. (July 11)

From: Newsday on Mon, Jul 11 2011 2:51 PM

Budget bargaining between President Barack Obama and top lawmakers resumes Monday at the White House, with both sides hoping to slash the deficit as the price for permitting the government to borrow more than \u00242 trillion to pay its bills. AP video. (July 11)