PORTLAND, Maine — Sister Frances Carr, one of the last members of the Shakers religious society, died at 89 from cancer Monday at the community at Sabbathday Lake in New...
CHICAGO — Four black people were charged with hate crimes Thursday in connection with a video broadcast live on Facebook that showed a mentally disabled white man being ...
WASHINGTON — U.S. employers added 156,000 jobs in December, capping a year of slower but solid hiring. The report is the last major snapshot of the economy that Presiden...
New peanut guidelines given
WASHINGTON — Most babies should start eating peanut-containing foods well before their first birthday, say guidelines released Thursday that a...
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump has selected former Indiana Sen. Dan Coats to lead the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, a role that would thrus...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Panicked shoppers emptied shelves of bread and milk, road workers began working 12-hour shifts, and governors in Alabama and Georgia declared states of...
Intelligence briefing slated
WASHINGTON — The nation’s top intelligence officials are making their most detailed and persuasive case yet to President-elect Donald Trump t...
Trump's deportation vow raises concerns
FRESNO, Calif. — Days after Donald Trump won the White House vowing to deport millions of people in the country illegally and fort...
Adviser corps in Iraq doubles
WASHINGTON — The U.S.-led military coalition in Iraq has doubled the size of its adviser corps, reflecting the intensified effort to help Ir...
NEW YORK — ObamaCare sign-ups for 2017 coverage rose about 2.3 percent from the same time last year, as efforts to repeal President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act be...
