Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. poses for a photo during a campaign event, Monday, Jan. 25, 2016 in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) Having spent little time…
President Barack Obama speaks in Detroit. During an interview with Politico posted on its website Monday Obama was extremely cautious in discussing the presidential campaign to avoid showing explicit favor…
A family in New Jersey, trapped over the weekend in the massive East Coast snowstorm, was trying to dig its way out when the chill became too much to handle.…
The failure compelled Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, and Tashfeen Malik, 29, to drive around the area of San Bernardino, California, after the shootings that killed 14 people. They were apparently…
In Brooklyn, only one teacher at the Bedford-Stuyvesant New Beginnings Charter School called to take the day off, despite more than 2 feet of snow across New York City. “A…
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that people serving life terms for murders they committed as teenagers must have a chance to seek their freedom.Jacquelyn Martin, File/Associated Press file photo The…
Marvin Velasco, 15, poses for a photo at his new home in Los Angeles on Jan. 11. Velasco’s perilous journey from Guatemala included crossing a river, even though he doesn’t…
The 3,300-year old mask, whose beard was accidentally knocked off and hastily glued on with epoxy in 2014, was scratched and damaged during the amateurish repair work, prosecutors said in…
“I want to tell the public: Presume that they are armed and do not approach them,” Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchens said of the accused felons who escaped Friday by…
The timing could not have been better: Most people stayed home as the heaviest snow fell Friday evening and all day Saturday, enabling crews to clear roads and rails, then…
VIENTIANE, Laos – Secretary of State John Kerry arrived Sunday in Laos, where the United States is helping the government clear a countryside still littered with unexploded ordnance dating to…
FILE – In this Dec. 29, 2015, file photo, Farris Wilks watches Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz speak in the community center named after his mother in Cisco, Texas. The…
In the hands of 11 artists, the everyday, mundane objects are used to create sculptures, portraits and amazing wearable art – some political, personal or whimsical. Each artist is “pushing…
Surveillance video of the burglary and the taxi led police in North Pole, a city 14 miles south of Fairbanks, to seek a warrant for 27-year-old Joseph Michael Barria, who…
First lady Michelle Obama leaves a White House Christmas tree ceremony with the family dogs Bo and Sunny. The Obama’s newest addition, Sunny, a Portuguese water dog, is still having…
ALEXANDROUPOLIS, Greece – A day after 46 migrants drowned in a choppy Aegean Sea, protesters demonstrated Saturday at a Greek border town to demand that Greece ease transit restrictions at…
Ron Lehker, 90, on his computer answering numerous questions on Reddit. Recently, his grandson put him on Reddit’s AMA (Ask Me Anything) and he received hundreds of responses, people asking…
WICHITA, Kan. – The Kansas Court of Appeals refused Friday to allow the state’s first-in-the-nation ban on a common second-trimester abortion method to take effect, saying in a split decision…
Party outsider growing stronger as voting nears
The first flakes of what could become two feet or more of wet snow began falling in Washington Friday afternoon, sloshing in from the Ohio River Valley looking just like…
Interior Secretary Sally Jewell Friday said proposed rules that would require oil companies to cut back on burning off methane gas from natural gas wells on federal lands will generate…
Many of Sen. Ted Cruz’s Republican Senate colleagues are growing more concerned that the Texas senator may actually be able to capture the Republican Party’s presidential nomination.Molly Riley/Associated Press Worse…
Decision threatens new rifts in British-Russian ties
The Russian destroyer Vice Admiral Kulakov is part of a naval force Russia has sent into the Mediterranean to support its air campaign against militant groups in Syria.Vladimir Isachenkov/Associated Press…
BRUSSELS – Top NATO brass on Thursday agreed on changes to recommend in the alliance’s force posture and decision-making procedures to better deal with a more aggressive Russia and other…
Ammon Bundy, the leader of an armed group that has been occupying the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Burns, Ore., said his group is seeking a “peaceful resolution” to its…
