OXFORD, Ohio — An Ohio college president says the school supports safety for skunks, and for other furry creatures, too.
Miami University President David Hodge has thank...
SEATTLE — Prolific writer J. California Cooper, who was writing plays until Alice Walker suggested she switch to short stories and novels because they were an easier pat...
Gov't hackers find weakness
WASHINGTON — The government’s own watchdogs tried to hack into HealthCare.gov earlier this year and found what they termed a critical vulnerab...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s Maven spacecraft entered orbit around Mars for an unprecedented study of the red planet’s atmosphere following a 442 million-mile journey t...
NEW YORK — The young-adult adaptation “The Maze Runner” from 20th Century Fox topped the box office with $32.5 million, outpacing the $13.1 million debut of Liam Neeson’...
WASHINGTON — Think the flu’s only a big threat to kids and seniors? Influenza hospitalized a surprisingly high number of young and middle-aged adults last winter — and t...
MIDLAND, Texas — An Iraq war veteran accused of scaling a fence and making it into the White House before the Secret Service stopped him posed no threat to anyone and ne...
U.N. summit set to begin Tuesday
NEW YORK — Tens of thousands of activists walked through Manhattan on Sunday, warning that climate change is destroying the Earth — in st...
DETROIT — General Motors is recalling 221,558 Cadillac XTS and Chevrolet Impala sedans because the brake pads can stay partially engaged even when they’re not needed, in...
NEW YORK — Emmy-winning actress and singer Polly Bergen, who in a long career played the terrorized wife in the original “Cape Fear” and the first woman president in “Ki...
