Why are women more affected?
WASHINGTON — Nearly two-thirds of Americans with Alzheimer’s disease are women, and now some scientists are questioning the long-held assumpt...
Some states stall, refuse to comply
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Benjamin Moore and Tadd Roberts wore matching tuxedos to the county clerk’s office in Louisville to get married Frid...
Other inmate still on the run
MALONE, N.Y. — The shooting death of one escaped killer brought new energy to a weeks-long hunt for a second escaped murderer as helicopters...
He calls for end to gun violence
CHARLESTON, S.C. — President Barack Obama sang a hymn of hope and spoke with the fervor of a preacher as he eulogized a pastor and eight ...
Defense seeks insanity ruling
CENTENNIAL, Colo. — A defense psychiatrist who found James Holmes was insane when he killed 12 people in an attack on a suburban Denver movi...
WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton, at the end of what she described as “an emotional roller-coaster of a day,” called on Republicans running for president to stop opposing th...
Mars is thought to have had a watery past, but when exactly it transitioned to its dry and dusty present is up for debate. Now, though, a team of scientists studying the...
Like the smiley face, the peace sign and other ubiquitous symbols, the pink plastic lawn flamingo actually had an inventor. But Don Featherstone never imagined the life ...
May spending; largest rise since '09
WASHINGTON — U.S. consumer spending surged in May with the biggest monthly increase in nearly six years — a sign of stronger economic...
Affordable Care Act gets key win
Investors in hospital stocks rejoiced Thursday after the Supreme Court upheld a key portion of President Barack Obama’s health care overh...
