BOSTON – Boston’s St. Patrick’s Day parade made history Sunday as two gay and lesbian groups marched after decades of opposition that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme…
St. Louis County Prosecutor Robert McCulloch said suspect Jeffrey Williams told authorities he was firing at someone with whom he was in a dispute. “We’re not sure we completely buy…
Social Security death records in a backlog
A skier packs the car at closing Friday at the Sunday River ski resort in Newry, Maine. CNL Resort Properties, the real estate investment trust that’s the largest owner of…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Kansas health officials say a food-borne illness linked to some Blue Bell ice cream products may have been a contributing factor in the deaths of three…
Rep. Susan Brooks, R-Ind., said Saturday that Hillary Rodham Clinton’s email server could help the panel answer vital questions, including why security at the U.S. diplomatic compound in the Libyan…
YAOUNDE, Cameroon – Cameroon acknowledged that more than two dozen Boko Haram suspects died in custody late last year, but a government spokesman denied the country’s army was carrying out…
S. Pacific archipelago faced winds of 168 mph; 44 others may have died
Kurdish soldiers walk around the site of a bomb attack on a road between Mosul, Iraq, and the Syrian border in northern Iraq. Kurdish authorities in Iraq said Saturday they…
PARIS – Global carbon emissions stayed stable last year even though the economy grew, according to data released Friday that could boost chances for a landmark climate accord later this…
President Barack Obama met with veterans during a visit to the Veterans Administration hospital in Phoenix. The president said the veterans he met told him the care they were receiving…
Government rules on open records, emails don’t apply to U.S. lawmakers
But in this case, the guest of honor is inside the jar. “People that are vivacious and celebrate life – this one is what they really like,” she says, lifting…
Franklin County sheriff’s deputies responding to a tip recovered five barrels – each filled with bourbon – that were taken from the Wild Turkey Distillery at nearby Lawrenceburg, Sheriff Pat…
An image from NASA’s Galileo spacecraft shows Ganymede, one of the moons orbiting Jupiter. New evidence from observations made by the Hubble Space Telescope suggest the moon may have more…
AUBURN HILLS, Michigan – Call it a preview of the cross-country road trip of the future. An autonomous car developed by Michigan-based auto supplier Delphi Automotive will make a 3,500-mile…
People demonstrate across the street from the Ferguson Police Department Thursday in Ferguson, Mo. Two police officers were shot early Thursday morning in front of the Ferguson Police Department during…
Google and other Internet companies are opposiing a Justice Department proposal that would make it easier for law enforcement to obtain search warrants to hack into computers being used by…
Two officers released after ‘an ambush’ during protest
Virus entrenched in Guinea, Sierra Leone, UN agency warns
WASHINGTON – The White House says President Barack Obama still has full confidence in Secret Service Director Joseph Clancy despite the investigation into two senior Secret Service agents accused of…
Joint Chief of Staff Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey, from left, Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Secretary of State John Kerry arrive on Capitol Hill in Washington Wednesday to testify before…
FERGUSON, Mo. – The police chief in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson has resigned in the wake of a scathing Justice Department report prompted by the fatal shooting of…
Survey: Americans have little faith in their leaders
The Apple logo is illuminated in the entrance to the Fifth Avenue Apple store in New York. Apple’s widely used iTunes and app stores suffered a rare breakdown Wednesday, frustrating…
President Barack Obama speaks at Georgia Tech in Atlanta Tuesday. Relations between the White and congressional Republicans have hit a new low after several members of Congress sent an open…
