WASHINGTON — The new Congress convenes Tuesday with Republicans in control of the House and Senate as a formidable counterpoint to President Barack Obama in his final tw...
BOSTON — People who lost loved ones or were injured in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings are clamoring for justice as jury selection gets under way in one of the nation'...
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PHILADELPHIA — Those seeking the keys to a healthy diet these days face a predicament.
Decades of studies have produced vast stores of data abo...
Thousands turn backs to mayor
NEW YORK — Police officers from around the U.S. joined grieving family members as they mourned a 32-year-old immigrant who realized his drea...
WASHINGTON — The fate of the Affordable Care Act again hangs in the balance as the Supreme Court weighs another legal challenge to the program.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Little Jimmy Dickens, a diminutive singer-songwriter known for his sense of humor and as the oldest cast member of the Grand Ole Opry, has died. He wa...
Bitter fight rages on across U.S.
WASHINGTON — Governors across the political spectrum are hitting a roadblock in their bids to expand Medicaid with federal funds: Republ...
NEW YORK — As thousands of mourners prepare to attend the wake and funeral of a second New York City police officer killed in an ambush shooting, police Commissioner Wil...
NEW YORK — Donna Douglas, who played the buxom tomboy Elly May Clampett on the hit 1960s sitcom “The Beverly Hillbillies,” has died.
Douglas died Thursday in Baton Rouge...
HONOLULU — The United States says its new round of sanctions against North Korea is just the opening salvo in its response to an unprecedented cyberattack on Sony. Yet t...
