WASHINGTON — Escalating a diplomatic tit-for-tat, the United States abruptly ordered Russia on Thursday to shutter its San Francisco consulate and close offices in Washi...
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The U.S. Department of Justice is pressing federal regulators to come up with a way of keeping inmates from using cell phones in the nation’s prisons.
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Rescue crews search city block by block
HOUSTON — Rescuers began a block-by-block search of tens of thousands of Houston homes Thursday, pounding on doors and shouting as...
NEW YORK — Roads, refineries and other infrastructure have taken a beating in the Texas and Louisiana regions hit by Harvey — but cell phone networks so far remain large...
Austrian struck by lightning on Calif.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — An Austrian man hiking 9,000 feet up in the Sierra Nevada mountain range was on a peak taking a photo when he ...
Harvey takes second swipe
HOUSTON — Harvey’s floodwaters started dropping across much of the Houston area and the sun came out Wednesday in a glimmer of hope for the stri...
WASHINGTON — John McCain is returning to the Senate next week after undergoing treatments for brain cancer in Arizona over the August recess.
McCain is the chairman of t...
Members give water, clothing
HOUSTON — Joel Osteen opened his Houston megachurch to those seeking shelter from floodwaters Tuesday after social media critics slammed the ...
'All options' are on table
WASHINGTON — So much for North Korea’s restraint. So much for President Donald Trump’s threats of “fire and fury.”
After Pyongyang’s highly pro...
HARTFORD, Conn. — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says three people in Connecticut are among dozens nationwide who have contracted a salmonella infec...