Economists said consumer spending rose 0.5 percent in January, the best showing since May.Lynne Sladky/Associated Press The Commerce Department said that consumer spending increased 0.5 percent last month, the best…
The 16-week blowout from a well at a Southern California Gas Co. storage facility spewed 107,000 tons of the powerful greenhouse gas methane, according to a study published in the…
Groups upset bill doesn’t allow adoptions
SAN FRANCISCO – Google will back Apple in its court battle with the FBI over the security of its iPhone. Last week, a court ordered Apple to help the FBI…
Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval has notified the White House that he is not interested in being nominated to replace Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.Cliff Owen/Associated Press file photo The Republican…
The documentary “Blackfish” suggested that SeaWorld’s treatment of its killer whales at its theme parks spurs violent behavior in the animals.Chris Park/Associated Press file photo The development comes months after…
Group involved in 41-day standoff
NEW YORK – The flu vaccine is doing a better job this year. Preliminary data suggest it is 59 percent effective. That’s a big improvement from last winter’s nasty flu…
Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval sits in his office at the Capitol in Carson City, Nev., on April 17, 2015. Sandoval, a Republican, has been mentioned as a possible nominee for…
NEW YORK – Bill Gates is supportive of investigators’ efforts to force Apple to help them crack into an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters, saying a…
Poll finds economic concerns bind Americans of all parties
Drivers traveled record 3 trillion miles last year
Presidio County District Attorney Rod Ponton cited the letter Tuesday when he told The Associated Press there was nothing suspicious about the Feb. 13 death of the 79-year-old jurist. He…
From left, defense attorneys Kathryn Herold and Jen Beck stand with Dynel Lane as the jury leaves a Boulder District courtroom after announcing a guilty verdict in Lane’s trial Tuesday…
President Barack Obama, with Vice President Joe Biden, left, and Defense Secretary Ash Carter, discusses his administration’s new proposals for shutting down the Guantanamo Bay detention center in Guantanamo Bay,…
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Republican committee members have decided they will not hold hearings on any Supreme Court nominee announced by President…
KATY, Texas – When a boy’s mother found out he had allegedly shot someone, she argued that he needed to surrender to the police, according to The Houston Chronicle. She…
Secretary of State John Kerry announced a tentative agreement for a cease-fire in Syria during a visit with Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh in Amman, Jordan, on Sunday.Raad Adayleh/Associated Press…
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, right, and Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, left, greet Washington Archbishop Cardinal Donald Wuerl Saturday as they leave the Basilica of the National Shrine…
FILE – In a Monday, Dec. 21, 2015 file photo, FBI Director James Comey attends the 27th Annual Remembrance Ceremony for the victims of Pan Am Flight 103, at Arlington…
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during a rally Sunday in Greenville, S.C.John Bazemore/Associated Press Now Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton are clashing over this core question for…
He is also requesting flexibility to use a limited portion of leftover funds provided in 2014 to fight Ebola to take on Zika, which has been linked to severe birth…
Jason Dalton is arraigned via video before Judge Christopher T. Haenicke, on Monday in Kalamazoo, Mich. Dalton is charged with multiple counts of murder in a series of random shootings.Carlos…
The blasts came as Secretary of State John Kerry said that a “provisional agreement” has been reached on a cessation of hostilities that could begin in the next few days.…
In this Feb. 2, 2016 photo, a sign for Camp 6 is posted outside the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. President Barack Obama has refused to send any…
LONDON – A new battle for Britain erupted Sunday, with London Mayor Boris Johnson saying he would join the campaign to encourage Britain to leave the European Union. The move…
Meanwhile, his buddy started out with similarly good reviews – “a big morale booster” – but found his military service cut short by a painful foot condition. Now, the two…
Republican presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla, autographs a bumper sticker after speaking at a rally on Sunday in Franklin, Tenn.Mark Humphrey/Associated Press Fresh off a commanding victory in South…
