Other illnesses are discovered
WASHINGTON — Lyme disease makes the headlines but there are plenty of additional reasons to avoid tick bites. New research highlights the l...
XENIA, Ohio — A semitrailer carrying 2,200 piglets has overturned on an Ohio highway.
Numerous agencies and volunteers worked to corral the animals after the crash Monda...
NEW YORK — Select winners for the 2015 American Theatre Wing’s Tony Awards:
Best Musical: “Fun Home”
Best Play: “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time”
Bes...
Marine was killed in Iraq
SAN DIEGO — The Navy will posthumously award a Navy Cross to a Marine killed in Iraq — after years of appeals by his family asking the Pentagon ...
AP looks at data since '10
Abortions have declined in states where new laws make it harder to have them — but they’ve also waned in states where abortion rights are prote...
MILL VALLEY, Calif. — Singer Ronnie Gilbert, a member of the influential 1950s folk quartet the Weavers, has died. She was 88.
Her longtime partner, Dona Korones, says G...
Sears narrows loss in quarter
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. — Sears’ first-quarter loss narrowed as the retailer reduced expenses.
The company — which runs Sears and Kmart store...
More jobs don't mean more security
WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy is churning out a lot of jobs these days but not a lot of financial security for many of the people who h...
LONDON — Richard Johnson, a distinguished British actor who almost played James Bond, has died. He was 87.
Johnson’s family said he died Saturday in a London hospital af...
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — New Jersey State Police blocking gates outside of a major hip-hop concert at MetLife Stadium had bottles thrown at them by angry people in the cr...
