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...
Bid for Avon was apparently bogus
NEW YORK — Avon said it had received no takeover offers Thursday after a purported $8 billion bid for the company filed with federal re...
Schools focus on the problem
WASHINGTON — Fewer students say they are being bullied at school. Those who are bullied are more likely to be girls than boys and more likely...
NEW YORK — David Letterman’s imminent retirement is bringing nostalgic viewers back to check out his final shows.
The Nielsen company said Letterman’s CBS “Late Show” ha...
School students caught in middle
WASHINGTON — A report on student testing released Thursday finds big gaps in most states between the percentage of students shown to be p...
It will track from above
The crash of a Metrolink passenger train in California seven years ago that killed 25 people was caused by a devastating human error — the engine...
