WASHINGTON — The Pentagon’s current regulations banning transgender individuals from serving in the military are outdated, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Monday, o...
Blocking accord irresponsible
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama heralded a historic nuclear agreement with Iran today as an opportunity for the longtime foes to move i...
Members of the New Horizons science team react to seeing the spacecraft’s latest and sharpest image of Pluto today at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Labora...
Girl hikes to safety after plane crash
SEATTLE — A 16-year-old girl survived a small plane crash in the rugged mountains of north-central Washington state and then hiked ...
More expensive pill costs $1,350
WASHINGTON — The $1,000 pill for a liver-wasting viral infection that made headlines last year is no longer the favorite of patients and ...
Walker set to enter crowded GOP field
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, who is to enter the 2016 Republican presidential contest today, has a national pro...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Pluto, reveal thyself, and Earthlings, enjoy the show.
On Tuesday, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft will sweep past Pluto and present the previousl...
Taller towers, bigger turbines spur move
On a vast tract of old North Carolina farmland, crews are getting ready to build something the South has never seen: a commercial...
LOS ANGELES — “Minions” took over the box office this weekend, launching with an estimated $115.2 million in the U.S. and Canada.
Overseas, the film collected $280.5 mil...
Book will be published Tuesday
NEW YORK — Harper Lee’s unexpected new novel offers an unexpected and startling take on an American literary saint, Atticus Finch.
“Go Set ...
