Rick Perry, former governor of Texas and U.S. secretary of energy nominee for President-elect Donald Trump, center, with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, says he has learned a lot more…
4 in 10 agree fixing the system is top priority
Former President George H. W. Bush, right, and his wife, Barbara, are in the hospital in Houston. The former president was admitted to an intensive care unit, and his wife…
Health and Human Services Secretary-designate Rep. Tom Price said the incoming Trump administration is not planning to try to overhaul the Medicare program as part of its plans to repeal…
Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the outgoing U.S. administration of trying to undermine President-elect Donald Trump by spreading fake allegations.Sergei Ilnitsky/Associated Press In his first public remarks about an unsubstantiated…
Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May unveiled more details of her plans for Brexit Tuesday, saying Britain would not remain in the European Union’s single market.Kirsty Wigglesworth/Associated Press In her most…
President Barack Obama commuted the sentence of Pfc. Chelsea Manning, who has served six years of a 35-year prison sentence for leaking Army documents.U.S. Army via Associated Press file Manning,…
Lawmakers, experts question why two-thirds of job applicants are failing tests
Interior Secretary-designate, Rep. Ryan Zinke, R-Mont., is sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday before testifying at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.…
The wife of the man suspected in the fatal mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla., was arrested in the San Francisco area on charges related to the…
FILE – In an undated file photo provided by NASA, US Navy Commander and Astronaut for the upcoming Apollo 17, Eugene Cernan, is pictured in his space suit. NASA announced…
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, left, talks with British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson during a European Union foreign ministers meeting at the EU Council in Brussels.Geert Vanden Wijngaert/Associated Press German…
King’s daughter on Monday encouraged Americans to fight for the slain civil rights leader’s vision of love and justice “no matter who is in the White House.” In Atlanta, Bernice…
President-elect Donald Trump suggested in a tweet on Sunday that CIA chief John Brennan may have been “the leaker of fake news” after the intelligence boss said Trump doesn’t understand…
Unused dollars will be donated to charity
‘The American people voted for change’
Younger blacks prefer more forceful MLK
Former President George W. Bush’s daughters Jenna and Barbara have penned another letter of advice to President Barack Obama’s daughters about life after the White House.Charles Dharapak/Associated Press file Their…
Her fate until then was slaughter, her flesh and bones destined to be used as meat or in soup. Emaciated and suffering from a broken leg, probably from confinement in…
President Barack Obama’s administration is rushing to complete dozens of tasks to solidify the president’s imprint on history. With Donald Trump taking office, however, many of them might be reversed.Susan…
Malia Obama uses her phone near a swing set her parents set up on the White House grounds after they moved into the White House eight years ago.Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Associated…
A black bear sits perched in a tree in Hartford, Conn. The state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection said there were about 6,700 black bear sightings in 2016, a…
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is the new owner of the former Textile Museum, which will be converted into Washington’s largest home.George Washington University Museum and the Textile Museum via The…
To see folks’ devotion for the ring-shaped confection, look no further than an early morning at Manny Randazzo King Cakes in suburban Metairie. Despite frigid weather and rain, the line…
Rallies spring up across the U.S.
Generation has more debt, less income
Lady Liberty an African American woman on new $100 gold coin
