PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. — A New York prison worker accused of smuggling hacksaw blades in frozen hamburger meat to two killers who later broke out and spent more than two week...
CENTENNIAL, Colo. — When the younger sister of Colorado theater shooter James Holmes visited him in jail nearly two years after the attack, she no longer saw the loving ...
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia — President Barack Obama highlighted his administration’s efforts to combat hunger worldwide on today as he prepared to end a historic return to th...
Church-sponsored units get exclusion
NEW YORK — The Boy Scouts of America has ended its blanket ban on gay adult leaders but will allow church-sponsored Scout units to ma...
Technology expanding
RENO, Nev. — For decades, forest rangers in wooden towers across the West scanned the horizon with binoculars for smoke that could signal the start o...
WASHINGTON — The Republican chairman of a powerful House committee called for the removal of the IRS commissioner Monday, saying he has obstructed congressional probes i...
Free download will be available
SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft’s new Windows 10 operating system debuts Wednesday, as the longtime leader in PC software struggles to carve out...
Some drawn to hot spots
BOSTON — Some U.S. colleges with overseas-study programs won’t touch Ukraine. Tufts University, on the other hand, is drawn to the turmoil in the ...
Marvel movie beats newcomers
LOS ANGELES — “Ant-Man” crept past new opener “Pixels” to claim the top spot at the box office this weekend by an ant-sized margin. The Disne...
[naviga:h3]Durable goods orders climb 3.4%[/naviga:h3]
WASHINGTON — Orders to U.S. factories for big-ticket manufactured goods posted a sizable gain in June, while busin...
