CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Buddy Baker, a former Daytona 500 winner and NASCAR Hall of Fame nominee, has died after a brief battle with lung cancer. Baker was 74.
SiriusXM NASCA...
WASHINGTON — A century and a half after the war ended, Americans still fundamentally disagree about slavery’s role in the Civil War and what to teach schoolchildren abou...
Hall of Famer dies at age 84
NEW YORK — An NFL championship with the New York Giants. An Emmy award as television's “outstanding sports personality.” Induction in the Pro...
Authorities say he fired on police
FERGUSON, Mo. — A man who opened fire on officers in Ferguson, Missouri, on the anniversary of Michael Brown's death was critically wou...
6 children among 8 dead
HOUSTON — A man with a violent criminal history entered a Houston home through an unlocked window and fatally shot a woman he'd previously dated, ...
TEQUESTA, Fla. — The families of two Florida boys who went missing at sea are starting a foundation to promote youth boating education.
The families of Perry Cohen and A...
President Barack Obama said he’s spoken out more on racial issues during his second term because of events and being more adjusted to office — not because he’s run his f...
Big shift seen among whites
WASHINGTON — After a year of high-profile police shootings of black Americans, many captured on video, racial attitudes among Americans — part...
It would reduce student debt burden
WASHINGTON — Calling for a “new college compact,” Hillary Rodham Clinton today will unveil a $350 billion plan aimed at making college...
Social worker was shot, killed
BARRE, Vt. — The Vermont woman who police say shot and killed a social worker because she was upset about losing custody of her 9-year-old ...
