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

Energy politics changing

National, Colo. boom blurs battle lines

White House updating online privacy policy

A new Obama administration privacy policy released Friday explains how the government will gather the user data of online visitors to WhiteHouse.gov, mobile apps and social media sites, and ...

Happy Easter in space

SpaceX delivering station supplies

World Briefs

Powerful earthquake strikes central Mexico ACAPULCO, Mexico – A powerful magnitude-7.2 earthquake shook central and southern Mexico on Friday, sending panicked people into the str...

Avalanche kills several guides on Mount Everest

KATMANDU, Nepal – An avalanche swept down a climbing route on Mount Everest early Friday, killing at least 12 Nepalese guides and leaving four missing in the deadliest disaster on the world’...

States need to decide on exchanges soon

CHICAGO – For the more than 30 states that defaulted to the federal government under President Barack Obama’s health-care law, time may be running out to decide whether to create their own s...

Nation Briefs

U.S. extends deadline to review pipeline WASHINGTON – The Obama administration is extending indefinitely the amount of time federal agencies have to review the Keystone XL pipelin...

Court to weigh challenge to ban on campaign lies

WASHINGTON – As political campaigns begin to heat up, the Supreme Court is deciding whether false accusations and mudslinging made during an election can be punished as a crime. A...

Many hope to limit use of eyewitness testimony

PORTLAND, Ore. – The American legal system offers few moments as dramatic as an eyewitness to a crime pointing his finger across a crowded courtroom at a defendant. The problem ...

More vets turn to prosthetics to help pets missing legs

LOS ANGELES – A 9-month-old boxer pup named Duncan barreled down a beach in Oregon, running full tilt on soft sand into YouTube history and showing more than 4 million viewers that he can re...