ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The old trunk was locked when it was found by auction house workers clearing a long-vacant home in Alaska that was about to be listed for sale.
The c...
WASHINGTON — After more than a decade of planning and millions spent to build a memorial near the National Mall honoring the late President Dwight D. Eisenhower, a key l...
Women growing part of military
WASHINGTON — The Veterans Affairs Department and other government agencies are not doing enough to help women who served in the military, e...
Enrollment in college falls too
WASHINGTON — The Education Department on Wednesday reported a drop in the percentage of people who are defaulting on repaying student loan...
First decline in decades
WASHINGTON — The federal prison population has dropped in the last year by roughly 4,800, according to the Justice Department.
In a speech Tuesda...
Board proposal angers children
ARVADA, Colo. — Hundreds of students walked out of classrooms around suburban Denver on Tuesday in protest over a conservative-led school b...
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — The man authorities believe was the last person seen with a University of Virginia student before she disappeared has been charged with abduction,...
Warhol's art may fetch $130M
NEW YORK — Elvis Presley. Marlon Brando. Andy Warhol. The A-list trifecta of music, film and art is going on the auction block at Christie’s ...
Man, 45, then shoots himself
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Fired a day earlier from UPS, a man put on his work uniform, drove to an Alabama package sorting center and evaded securit...
WASHINGTON — A reluctant District of Columbia Council voted unanimously Tuesday to allow people to carry concealed handguns in the nation’s capital for the first time in...
