Fast track bills annoy both Dems, GOP
WASHINGTON — Running flat out for a new term at home and tiptoeing through tough issues in the Capitol, Ron Wyden brags that he’s “d...
Workouts slow memory loss
Exercise tones the legs, builds bigger biceps and strengthens the heart. But of all the body parts that benefit from a good workout, the brain m...
2015 rebound still possible
WASHINGTON — Like an underachieving student, the U.S. economy isn’t living up to the high hopes it began the year with.
Consumers have been un...
WASHINGTON — The House defied a veto threat from President Barack Obama on Friday and approved a $612 billion defense policy bill that Democrats complain busts budget li...
Hurricane toppled rig
WASHINGTON — A decade-old oil leak where an offshore platform toppled during a hurricane could continue spilling crude into the Gulf of Mexico for a...
Bridge scandal big distraction
DOVER, N.H. — In the middle of a crowd at a bar in Dover, Chris Christie is at ease, charming several hundred beer-drinking New Hampshire v...
Engineer agrees to talk with transport board
PHILADELPHIA — As federal investigators try to find out why an Amtrak train that crashed in Philadelphia sped up in the last ...
WASHINGTON — Charging toward an Iran nuclear agreement, President Barack Obama is assuring Arab allies that they are safe from the threat of an empowered Tehran as he se...
NEW YORK — ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos will not moderate a Republican presidential debate next winter, part of the fallout after revelations that the network’s...
LOS ANGELES — Darkness is falling on another long, depressing night in one of America's most marginal neighborhoods.
For the 200 or so battered souls lining up outside t...
