He visits remote Midway Atoll
MIDWAY ATOLL, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands — President Barack Obama plunked down on a speck of coral reef in the middle of the Pacific Ocea...
It's first time in continental U.S.
MIAMI — Florida has found the Zika virus in three groups of mosquitoes trapped in Miami Beach — the first time this has happened in th...
Responses show shift in attitude
NEW YORK — Marijuana use is becoming more accepted among U.S. adults as states loosen pot laws, new national survey data shows.
More are ...
NEW YORK — As Labor Day nears, television outlets are starting their traditional campaign coverage.
NBC News announced Thursday that Matt Lauer will moderate the “Comman...
Thousands left without electricity
CARRABELLE, Fla. — Hurricane Hermine made landfall in Florida’s Big Bend area early today as the first hurricane to hit the state in mo...
Some premiums likely to double
WASHINGTON — Addressing concerns about rising premiums and dwindling competition, Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell assert...
Scandal engulfs elite institution
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The elite boarding school St. George’s became a kind of “private hell” for dozens of students in the 1970s and ’80s w...
Hispanic vote could oust GOP
SAN ANTONIO — Donald Trump pinatas, with dark suits, oversized pink lips and unruly yellow manes in paper mache, are top sellers across South...
More visitors, more trouble
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. — Tourist John Gleason crept through the grass, four small children close behind, inching toward a bull elk wi...
LA airport gunman avoids death penalty
LOS ANGELES — A gunman who stormed a checkpoint at Los Angeles International Airport and killed a federal airport screening of...