WASHINGTON — Despite his frequent criticism of the Internal Revenue Service, House Speaker Paul D. Ryan stopped short Thursday of backing a committee effort to impeach t...
Decision must be reviewed
CHINO, Calif. — A California panel recommended parole Thursday for former Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten more than four decades after...
Republicans holding strong
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats called on Republicans to vote on Merrick Garland’s nomination to the Supreme Court by Memorial Day, as GOP lawmak...
WASHINGTON — Sarah Palin says voters will “rise up” in opposition if Republican power brokers try to take the presidential nomination away from Donald Trump or Ted Cruz ...
Report ends all doubt
NEW YORK — Confirming the worst fears of many pregnant women in the United States and Latin America, U.S. health officials said Wednesday there is n...
CHINO, Calif. — Leslie Van Houten, the youngest of Charles Manson’s followers to take part in one of the nation’s most notorious killings, is trying again for parole.
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FORT WORTH, Texas — A judge has ordered a Texas teenager who used an “affluenza” defense in a fatal drunken-driving wreck to serve nearly two years in jail, a surprising...
House budget deadline looms
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Paul Ryan’s national stature is such that he had to call a news conference to deny he wants to be president. Back o...
Where you live is also a factor
CHICAGO — The richest Americans live at least 10 years longer on average than the poorest, but that gap isn’t as wide in many communities,...
LOS ANGELES — A trial is needed to determine if Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven” copies its opening notes from a song performed by the rock band Spirit, a federal jud...
