Company unveils modern-day horseless carriage

NEW YORK – An electric car that proponents hope will replace horse-drawn carriages in New York City was presented Thursday at the New York International Auto Show, as critics expressed their...

T. rex finds new home in D.C.

WASHINGTON – More than 100 years after dinosaurs were first displayed on the National Mall, T. rex – the king – is joining the Smithsonian collection after a 2,000-mile journey from Montana....

Tribe hoping to tap into syrup business

PRENTISS TOWNSHIP, Maine – The members of the Passamaquoddy tribe have looked under their feet for a bottled water plant and have turned to the sky for a wind farm. But it’s the forest that ...

World Briefs

Costa Rican a celebrity after certified miracle TRES RIOS, Costa Rica – On a warm spring day, Floribeth Mora was in her bed waiting to die from a seemingly inoperable brain aneur...

Nation Briefs

Washington Asia seeks Obama’s assurance in territory spats WASHINGTON – As President Barack Obama travels through Asia this coming week, he will confront a region waril...

13th body recovered from Everest avalanche

This disaster is now worst in history of mountain

Slow response to Boston bombing

No significant policy changes a year after marathon attack

What would you like to see in the future?

Teleportation and time travel are some possibilities

At last – Robonaut finally getting legs of its own

Future includes cleaning space station toilets

GM tardy again with safety recall

Documents from company, feds detail power-steering complaints

Faithful celebrate ‘holy fire’ in Jerusalem

JERUSALEM – The dark hall inside Christianity’s holiest shrine was illuminated with the flames from thousands of candles Saturday as worshippers participated in the holy fire ceremony, a mom...

Confusion, anger as sunken ferry’s relatives wait

S. Korea still not providing clear answers