Bernice Gordon, who delighted, bedeviled and sometimes outraged aficionados of the crossword puzzle during a six-decade career unusual not only for its longevity but the...
Carl Djerassi, who was called “The Father of the Pill,” died Friday at his home in San Francisco. He was 91.
Djerassi was 28 and working for a small chemical company in ...
MONROEVILLE, Ala. — In the small Alabama town author Harper Lee made famous with “To Kill a Mockingbird,” the Southern classic novel can be seen and felt everywhere.
Sig...
Extra income to aid families
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is sending Congress a $4 trillion budget today that seeks to raise taxes on wealthier Americans and corpo...
NEW YORK — Forget slapstick and sex in Super Bowl ads: This year, serious was the name of the game.
Nationwide ran an ad on preventable childhood death. Carnival struck ...
SALT LAKE CITY — A pregnant Utah woman driving herself to the hospital gave birth to a healthy, nearly 10-pound baby boy on the side of an interstate highway, police sai...
NEW YORK — “American Sniper” shot down another box-office record: Its $31.9 million is the biggest Super Bowl weekend gross ever.
According to studio estimates, the Clin...
Study: Salt also concern
CHICAGO — Many packaged meals and snacks for toddlers contain worrisome amounts of salt and sugar, potentially creating an early taste for foods ...
NEW YORK — Drivers, bring your vehicles back to the shop for more work on faulty air bags.
The government says more than 2 million Toyota, Chrysler and Honda vehicles n...
He steps aside for other candidates
WASHINGTON — He insists he could win, but Mitt Romney has stepped aside in the 2016 presidential contest in favor of the “next generat...
