PHILADELPHIA — After years of litigation about students’ free speech rights, a full U.S. appeals court ruled Monday that a Pennsylvania school district cannot ban “I (heart) Boobies!” bracelets. The…
The new U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, is looking forward to her new job and working with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon.Mark Garten/Associated Press The former foreign policy…
“Everywhere I go, I meet people who are excited about the marketplaces and hungry for information,” Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Monday. About 7 million Americans are…
Tasters on Monday gave a qualified thumbs up to the first cultured beef patty that was grown from stem cells from cattle. A team at the Netherland’s Maastricht University is…
The U.S. Justice Department ordered the FBI to begin tracking crimes by its informants more than a decade ago, after the agency admitted that its agents had allowed Boston mobster…
Yemen stepped up security on Sunday after the United States ordered several embassies and consulates in the Mideast and Africa closed because of possible terrorist threats.Hani Mohammed/Associated Press A U.S.…
A University of Iowa student drinks from a beer bong while tailgating before a football game in Iowa City, Iowa. Officials in Iowa City were less than happy with The…
Iranian President Hasan Rouhani, sits in a meeting at the presidency office, in Tehran, Iran, on Sunday. Iran’s supreme leader formally endorsed Hasan Rouhani as president, allowing the moderate cleric…
9 women accuse Bob Filner of sexual harassment
Four years ago, the movement and its potent mix of anger and populism persuaded thousands of costumed and sign-waving conservatives to protest the ballooning deficit and President Barack Obama’s health-care…
Travel precautions advised through August
Young blacks like Americorps volunteer John Harris III are more optimistic about their economic futures, a new Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll suggests.Manuel Balce Ceneta/Associated Press The…
President Barack Obama, second from left, jogs up the ramp of Marine One as he leaves Andrews Air Force Base, Md., on Saturday to celebrate his 52nd birthday with a…
Mid-paying industries add 22 percent of 2013’s job gain
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. has likened fellow Republican Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas and Rand Paul of Kentucky and others to “wacko birds” for their style of confrontational politics.J. Scott…
In the weeks after the August 2012 shooting, $1.1 million in donations poured in to the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin from the U.S., India, Canada, England and elsewhere. Contributions came…
Describing his change of beliefs from Islam to atheism, Rafat Awad, a 23-year-old pharmacist in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, said, “It was the domino effect – you hit the first…
A group of student filmmakers were using fake guns to shoot a robbery scene at a suburban Los Angeles coffee shop Friday when Los Angeles Police officers arrived thinking it…
The final “preseason” forecast from top experts at Colorado State University, released Friday morning, again calls for an “above-average 2013 Atlantic basin hurricane season.” A total of 18 named tropical…
The Great Bull Run is inspired by the annual running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain. It’s set to kick off Aug. 24 at a drag-racing strip south of Richmond,…
For some, it already is too late to reverse serious neurological damage, said Dr. Michelle Chouinard, Nigeria country director for Doctors Without Borders, said Friday. Some children are blind, others…
It took perhaps 45 seconds last week for Prince George of Cambridge, the newborn heir to the British throne, to be carried in his car seat from St. Mary’s Hospital…
Leaker gets job offers; misses his U.S. girlfriend
About 3,000 active-duty troops have killed themselves since 2001. The annual tally of these deaths climbs each year. And those numbers often don’t include servicemembers who are part of the…
House Republicans pushed a bill through the House that would keep the IRS from implementing any of President Barack Obama’s health care reform program. The House has passed 40 bills…
A majority of justices refused an emergency request by the governor to halt a lower court’s directive for the early release of the prisoners to ease severe overcrowding at California’s…
