Biden takes a break to consider options
WASHINGTON — Vice President Joe Biden and his wife are retreating from Washington for a week in South Carolina with little on thei...
Hopefuls look for piece of spotlight
CLEVELAND — A combative Donald Trump, the billionaire businessman-turned-presidential candidate, jolted the first Republican debate o...
DANVILLE, Va. — Virginia has revoked specialty license plates featuring a Confederate battle flag after a federal judge dissolved an injunction allowing the image.
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WASHINGTON — U.S. employers added a solid 215,000 jobs in July, signaling a steadily rising job market and likely nudging the Federal Reserve closer to raising interest ...
Colbert offers heartfelt tribute
NEW YORK — Jon Stewart said goodbye to “The Daily Show” on Thursday, America's foremost satirist of politicians and the media ushered out...
Shreveport, La., site of shooting
SHREVEPORT, La. — Police in northwest Louisiana said an officer died after being shot while on duty, and a manhunt for a suspect was und...
Stradivarius was missing since '80
WASHINGTON — Renowned violinist Roman Totenberg left his beloved Stradivarius in his office while greeting well-wishers after a concert...
WASHINGTON — It was nice while it lasted, but it’s over and may not return for many years, if ever. The “it” is the slowdown in national health spending.
From 2008 to 20...
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has announced plans to name former Pennsylvania congressman Patrick Murphy as an undersecretary for the Army in the Department of Def...
It’s difficult to look away from a train wreck. But as a society, we seem to do it all too often.
Whether our longstanding struggles with race and poverty, the death pen...
