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Lawmakers in Congress this week failed to pass a measure on border security. Voters are not happy about the latest setback.

The World Cup is drawing attention to soccer's growing popularity in Canada. Soccer has surpassed hockey and all other sports in youth participation, according to a recent report by Jumpstart, a Canadian charity. Canada coach Jesse Marsch said Thursday he has "felt a real momentum behind this team and behind this moment."

In Tennessee, a special election for a vacant congressional seat is expected to be more competitive in a district that has been strongly Republican for years.

The President meets regularly with his top advisers about the security situation in Iraq. His National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley attends these meetings. He talks with Steve Inskeep about what the president wants to know, and what he needs to know.

It'll be 2016 before Illinois' top political leaders meet again, as a historic stalemate grinds on.

A panel says it has evidence that top Syrian officials "bear responsibility for crimes against humanity and other gross human rights violations" during the nearly year-long crackdown on dissent that has left thousands of civilians dead.

Former Billboard editor Danyel Smith says the Miami rapper's youthful appeal has helped push his third collaboration with Jennifer Lopez to the top of the charts. Another dance track making a splash this summer, Smith says, is LMFAO's "Sexy and I Know It."

In what's being hailed as a "miracle," Leicester City, a small club from central England that started the season at 5,000-1 odds of winning the prestigious title, has clinched the trophy.

Hundreds of dogs demonstrated their dexterity in Westminster's fifth annual Masters Agility Championship.

Vermont tops the nation when it comes to locally produced food, according to a new ranking from the nonprofit Strolling of the Heifers. Having farmers markets, CSA programs and distribution systems all helps.