WASHINGTON — Ending years of last-minute fixes, President Barack Obama on Thursday signed legislation permanently changing how Medicare pays doctors, a rare bipartisan a...
BERLIN — Guenter Grass was to Germany what William Faulkner was to the old American South: The bard, scourge and pathfinder of a society ruined by moral disgrace and hum...
Everyone will earn at least $70,000
SEATTLE — A Seattle CEO who announced that he’s giving himself a drastic pay cut to help cover the cost of big raises for his employee...
Woman gives birth to 5 girls in Houston hospital
HOUSTON — A Houston hospital said a woman has delivered five girls in what it believes is the first set of all-female qu...
Measure passes 55-38 in state House
If some Tennessee Republicans get their way, the Holy Bible will soon join the largemouth bass, the tomato and the mockingbird as an o...
Florida man, 61, in custody
WASHINGTON — Police arrested a Florida Postal Service worker who steered his tiny aircraft onto the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol after flying...
DETROIT — A federal judge ruled Wednesday a 2009 bankruptcy order shields General Motors from billions of dollars in death and injury claims tied to defective ignition s...
He gets life in prison
FALL RIVER, Mass. — Former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison Wednesday...
Congress wants its say
WASHINGTON — Legislation empowering Congress to reject an emerging Iran nuclear pact is expected to sail through both houses of Congress, leaving P...
Team owner’s wife wins judge’s ruling
LOS ANGELES — The wife of former Clippers owner Donald Sterling is owed $2.6 million by a woman her husband showered with gifts...
