TSA agents were targets of attack
KENNER, La. — A man sprayed TSA agents in the face with wasp killer then swung a machete at guards before being shot several times at a ...
Season finale hits record high
NEW YORK — With a standard-setting finale to its first season reaching 17.6 million viewers, Fox’s music business drama “Empire” has proven...
Conservatives are divided
WASHINGTON — Whether the issue is immigration or federal budgets, Republicans keep learning a bitter lesson: Their sizable and near-historic con...
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama ordered the federal government Thursday to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by nearly half over the next decade, driving his climate ...
Chemotherapy more effective
Aerobic exercise is no friend to breast tumors, says a new study that suggests that regular physical activity may be a “novel adjuvant treatme...
She speaks to camp directors
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Hillary Rodham Clinton said the nation’s political leaders could use some time at adult sleepaway camp to learn how to ...
Church ruling riles some critics
NEW YORK — The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has expanded its definition of marriage to include a “commitment between two people,” recogni...
Boy, 6, recently had operation
ST. LOUIS — Marcus Johnson Jr.’s parents figured a sunny day at a park was just what their son, a 6-year-old kindergartner, needed while re...
NOME, Alaska — If ever there was uncertainty about the outcome of the world’s most famous sled dog race, it was this year.
Warm weather and a lack of snow in much of Ala...
LOS ANGELES — Mike Porcaro, son and brother of prominent musicians who carved out a successful career as bass player for the Grammy-winning group Toto, has died at age 5...
