The collapse of diplomatic efforts to mediate Syria’s uprising evolved into renewed bombardment on Monday as President Bashar al-Assad’s forces launched an assault on the city of Homs.

In their second Super Bowl matchup in five seasons, the Giants and Eli Manning scored another victory over Tom Brady and the Patriots, earning the franchise their fourth Super Bowl title.

Few who have spent time with Israel’s decision makers recently have come away believing that the talk of a military assault on Iran is merely a scripted act of public diplomacy.

Ron Paul’s political views are unusual, and, as a closer look at his life reveals, unusually constant, shaping not only his career in Congress but also how he has lived his life.

The rival Palestinian movements Fatah and Hamas said on Monday that they had formed an interim unity government led by Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian Authority president.

The move is part of a politically charged investigation into the foreign financing of nonprofit groups that has shaken the 30-year alliance between the United States and Egypt.

Obama campaign aides are spending their time, they say, looking for Mitt Romney missteps, and they have been rewarded.

The National Action Party chose a woman, the first from a major party, as its candidate for president in a primary on Sunday.

Madonna, 53, danced her way back toward worldwide visibility Sunday as the halftime attraction for the Super Bowl, with a giant supporting cast and a downright benign stance.

Potential support from California and New York would come in exchange for tightening provisions in order to preserve the right to investigate past misdeeds by the banks, and stepping up oversight.

“Lilyhammer,” starring Steven Van Zandt as a wiseguy in witness protection in Norway, is the first original series on Netflix and is available via streaming video.

With efforts in the United Nations failing, the Syrian government pressed on with its crackdown as some opposition leaders said force was their only option.

Although more than half of its 845 million members log into Facebook on a mobile device, the company has not yet found a way to make real money from that use.

Mitt Romney is keeping his focus on President Obama, but his aides say they are keeping a close watch on his Republican rivals and Newt Gingrich.

New England’s Danny Woodhead and Aaron Hernandez seized the spotlight ceded by Rob Gronkowski, but Wes Welker’s inability to catch a critical Tom Brady pass turned the game.

Josh Powell was under investigation in the disappearance of his wife two years ago in Utah, and authorities said the fatal explosion on Sunday appeared to be intentional.

Extreme cold and heavy snow buried parts of Europe over the last few days, claiming hundreds of lives, straining utilities and snarling transportation.

After decades of decline, malls across the country are being redeveloped by communities and planners trying to forge new gathering places out of vast lots with empty buildings.

Risk-taking, rule-breaking ideas were as hard to find among the more than 50 Super Bowl commercials as good taste in a GoDaddy ad.

“Smash,” NBC’s series about backstage Broadway, comes with New York and Hollywood names off screen (Steven Spielberg, Therese Rebeck) and on (Debra Messing and Brian d’Arcy James).