Patients also benefited from a surge of new, inexpensive generic versions of widely used drugs for chronic conditions such as high cholesterol, according to a new report. Total spending on…
In interviews with The Associated Press, relatives of Grimilda Figueroa, who left Ariel Castro years ago and died last year after a long illness, described Castro as a “monster” who…
Yet Commissioner Ed Davis acknowledged that police might not have uncovered or disrupted the plot even if they had fully investigated the family of Tamerlan Tsarnaev based on those warnings.…
Law enforcement authorities had watched Ahmed Abassi since he arrived in the United States from Canada in mid-March and arrested him on April 22 at John F. Kennedy International Airport,…
Lawmakers approved it 75-59, a critical step for the measure that would allow same-sex weddings beginning this summer. It’s a startling shift in the state, where just six months earlier…
The measure, aired at a City Council hearing Thursday, would make New York the biggest locale to let non-citizens cast ballots. Advocates estimate that more than 800,000 green card and…
Just two years after a ferocious series of tornado outbreaks killed hundreds of 543 Americans, the USA so far this year is enjoying one of the calmest years on record…
Ariel Castro, 52, is being held on $8 million bail for imprisoning three young women and beating them repeatedly over a decade in Cleveland.Cuyahoga County/Associated Press The horrific allegations were…
Israel has signaled it will respond with airstrikes to any future weapons shipments, meaning it could quickly get drawn into Syria’s civil war if the Hezbollah chief’s declaration is more…
Saying they hoped that requiring sick leave in the nation’s largest metropolis would set an example, City Council members positioned New York to become the most populous place to approve…
Katherine Russell added New York lawyer Joshua Dratel to her legal team, her attorney Amato DeLuca said Wednesday. Dratel has represented a number of terrorism suspects in federal courts and…
A judge warned Peter Robbins that he could be sent to prison for nearly four years if he violates the terms of his probation. “Don’t be a blockhead,” Superior Court…
Under the agreement, which Justice Department officials say includes a previous court-ordered reduction of as much as nine years, Skilling’s original sentence will be reduced to somewhere between 14 and…
Benghazi assault that killed four remains divisive political issue
Obama administration releases report, in part, to push prices down
Ariel Castrodu1-i-syn Investigators said the women apparently were bound with ropes and chains, and a city councilman briefed on the case said they were subjected to prolonged sexual and psychological…
Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, Chief of Staff, Air Force, pauses as he testifies during the Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee hearing Wednesday on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Air Force…
Beth Serrano, sister of Amanda Berry, speaks to the media after the arrival of Berry at Serrano’s home Wednesday in Cleveland. Berry, 27, Michelle Knight, 32, and DeJesus, about 23,…
From right to left, Eric Nordstrom, the State Department’s former regional security officer in Libya, Gregory Hicks, former deputy chief of mission in Libya, and Mark Thompson, the State Department’s…
The Rio de Janeiro State Health Department said in a statement that the woman’s husband was cleaning his spear gun when it went off, firing a harpoon that hit her…
The bill, approved on a 223-204 vote, would allow employees who work more than 40 hours a week to save up to 160 hours of earned time off for future…
Willie Wilkinsdu1-i-syn “Oh, Daddy, look,” Wilkins exclaimed as her 90-year-old father opened it, his eyes beaming and smile wide. “They’re back.” Sixty-nine years after losing his dog tag on the…
Former S.C. governor takes special election for U.S. House seat
These undated photos show Amanda Berry, left, and Georgina “Gina” Dejesus. The pair along with Michelle Knight were found at a Cleveland house after being held captive for nearly a…
Brothers Onil Castro, Ariel Castro and Pedro Castro were arrested Tuesday after three women who disappeared in Cleveland a decade ago were found safe Monday. The brothers are accused of…
A study released Tuesday by the government’s Bureau of Justice Statistics found that gun-related homicides dropped from 18,253 in 1993 to 11,101 in 2011. That’s a 39 percent reduction. Another…
Sexual assault, Hagel said, strikes at the core of the military. “This department may be nearing a stage where the frequency of this crime and the perception that there is…
Gary Hevel, a research collaborator with the Department of Entomology at the National Museum of Natural History, holds a preserved cicada, a brood of which are expected to emerge this…
