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Clinton falls ill during 9/11 memorial Candidate diagnosed with pneumonia on Friday

NEW YORK – Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton fell ill during a memorial service marking the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, and left abruptly, inse...

Wilderness wanes

World has lost a 10th of all its wilderness in the past two decades

100 years, 3,300 miles: Vintage motorcycles hitting the road

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – Thomas Trapp sells new Harley-Davidson motorcycles in Germany, but for the next two weeks he’ll be riding 3,300 miles coast to coast in the United States, aboard one ma...

Artist looks to save ‘Home Town’

BOSTON – A public art project in Boston’s Chinatown highlights the effect of development on the lively, historic downtown neighborhood. Life-size portraits of residents through th...

John Hinckley Jr. leaves D.C. mental hospital for Virginia

WASHINGTON – The man who tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan has been released from a Washington mental hospital for good, more than 35 years after the shooting. A spokes...

World Briefs

Ethiopia frees Muslims jailed after protests ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – Ethiopia’s chief prosecutor said Saturday that the country pardoned hundreds of convicts, among them Muslims jailed under...

Rhino horns hacked off for art collections, products

Animals could be extinct in 15 years

Naked cyclists swarm Philly

PHILADELPHIA – Thousands of bicyclists dared to be bare for the city’s annual nude ride promoting positive body image, cycling advocacy and fuel conservation. About 3,000 people ...

At least 45 killed in Syria after US-Russia agreement

Deal establishes cease-fire beginning Monday

Cruise ship sails into history books

Climate change gives well-heeled guests chance to traverse Northwest Passage

Marilyn’s ‘Happy Birthday’ gown going to auction in the fall

NEW YORK – The flesh-colored, skin-tight beaded gown Marilyn Monroe wore during her breathless rendition of “Happy Birthday” to President John F. Kennedy is going on the auction block this f...

This was Sept. 11 if you were a kid

Fifteen years is the length of childhood, the distance between pacifiers and senior prom, between first grade and first real job. Now there is a new generation of adults who remember Sept. 1...