SINGAPORE – The party that has ruled Singapore for a half-century has returned to power for five more years after winning a majority in a general election. The People’s Action Party…
Dole WASHINGTON – The Republican-led House cast largely symbolic votes on Friday against the Iran nuclear deal and sought to restrict President Barack Obama’s authority to lift sanctions against Tehran,…
NEW YORK – Vice President Joe Biden said he is overwhelmed at times by his son’s death and unconvinced he could commit fully to being president, in an emotional interview…
Brock, a yellow-naped Amazon parrot, stands on a painting he created as part of an art show to raise funds for charity. Paintings by elephants, giraffes, goats, lemurs and even…
As the animals and owners face life-and-death moments on “Vet School,” families, students and teachers share their feelings. But it’s not always clear whose tears are falling. In the second…
U.S. officials are considering moving the residence of the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations from the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City to another site because of concerns that…
Arizona Department of Public Safety officers inspect a tractor trailer with a bullet hole in the passenger door shortly after it was shot near 67th Ave and I-10 on Thursday…
Speaker of the House John Boehner of Ohio leaves the podium after speaking about his opposition to the Iran deal at a news conference with members of the House Republican…
WASHINGTON – Widespread disruptions of freight and passenger rail traffic are likely if Congress doesn’t extend a deadline to start using certain safety technology before the end of the year,…
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II helped open a new railway route Wednesday, the same day she bacame the longest-reigning British monarch.Scott Hellell/Associated Press On Wednesday, September 9, about 5:30 p.m., Queen…
House GOP leaders say proposal contains secrets
MOREHEAD, Ky. – Kentucky clerk Kim Davis can collect a paycheck for the days she sat in jail and the week she’s spending at home, resting and reading hundreds of…
Speaker of the House John Boehner of Ohio leaves the podium Wednesday after speaking about his opposition to the Iran deal at a news conference with members of the House…
Secretary of State John Kerry arrives for a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington on the escalating migrant crisis. Kerry said the U.S. will look at what it can do…
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., discusses the Iran nuclear agreement during a speech Tuesday at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington.Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Associated Press Forty-two senators are…
LONDON – Queen Elizabeth II has reached a major milestone by becoming the longest-reigning monarch in Britain’s history. She passes Queen Victoria, her great-great-grandmother, who was on the throne for…
BALTIMORE – A former Episcopal bishop pleaded guilty Tuesday to manslaughter, drunk driving and leaving the scene at which she killed a cyclist. Under an agreement with prosecutors, the state…
IS expansion into Afghanistan has been a concern for both Afghan and international authorities for months, with officials warning that the militant group was actively recruiting members from other Islamic…
Program brings can-do attitude to older residents
Amanda Knox, center, is escorted by Italian penitentiary police officers to Perugia’s court in this Sept. 26, 2008, file photo. Italy’s top criminal court has scathingly faulted prosecutors for presenting…
A man stands in front of a cordon of Hungarian police officers at a temporary detention center for asylum-seekers in Roszke, Hungary, on Monday. Several hundred Arabs, Asians and Africans…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Attorneys for the Kentucky clerk who was jailed last week because of her refusal to issue marriage licenses to gay couples said Monday they have filed an…
Vice President Joe Biden, with AFL-CIO President Rich Trumka, told supporters at a Labor Day event in Pittsburgh Monday, that he needs to “talk to my wife” still before deciding…
A highway sign along the Extraterrestrial Highway welcomes drivers to Rachel, Nev., which is near the Air Force site known to conspiracy theorists as Area 51, which is part of…
