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...
NEW YORK — A Univision network is dropping the Miss USA pageant and the company says it will cut all business ties with Donald Trump in a spiraling controversy over comm...
Graffiti reflects racial tension
ST. LOUIS — Vandals have targeted monuments dedicated to the leaders and soldiers of the Confederacy, painting the slogan “Black lives ma...
Charged guard is freed on bail
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. — A prison guard who admitted giving two inmates tools, paint, frozen hamburger and access to a catwalk electrical box s...
Thousands are expected
CHARLESTON, S.C. — The first black president of the United States is coming to Charleston to eulogize the victims of a mass shooting at a historic ...
LOS ANGELES — Patrick Macnee, the British-born actor best known as dapper secret agent John Steed in the long-running 1960s TV series “The Avengers,” has died. He was 93...
