NEW YORK — More than 1 in 5 sexually active teen girls have used the morning-after pill — a dramatic increase that likely reflects it’s easier now for teens to buy the e...
[naviga:h3]Ohio’s governor seeks GOP nod[/naviga:h3]
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio’s John Kasich, a blunt governor who embraces conservative ideals but disdains the political sp...
Move reduces risk of bailout
WASHINGTON — Federal regulators are directing the eight biggest U.S. banks to hold capital at levels above industry requirements to cushion a...
DES MOINES, Iowa — A former lottery security official was found guilty Monday of rigging a computerized Hot Lotto game so he could win a $14 million jackpot then trying ...
Few POWs still alive
LOS ANGELES — He was forced to toil in enemy mines as a prisoner of war, but James Murphy wasn't angry or bitter. He was just happy to have lived lon...
Southwest, South struggle
ST. PAUL, Minn. — A new report on child welfare found more U.S. children living in poverty than before the Great Recession, belying the fanfare ...
'Prairie Home' will continue
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Garrison Keillor, creator and longtime host of the popular “A Prairie Home Companion” radio show, says he means it this tim...
Parks worker blames homeless
RIVERTON, Wyo. — A parks employee in a central Wyoming city who said he was incensed by homeless people drinking in parks slipped into a deto...
NEW YORK — The price of gold, which is often seen as a hedge against inflation and a weak dollar, slumped to its lowest in five years on Monday.
The dollar has rallied i...
GROTON, Conn. — In a first for the U.S. Navy, a submarine has launched and recovered an underwater drone used in a military operation.
The attack submarine USS North Da...
