NEW YORK — James Franco’s play “Of Mice and Men” has left Broadway with a roar — a box office record.
The show, co-starring Chris O’Dowd and Leighton Meester, said Monda...
He contracted Ebola in Liberia
FORT WORTH, Texas — Kent Brantly always wanted to be a medical missionary, and he took the work seriously, spending months treating a stead...
WASHINGTON — Despite some good news, Medicare and Social Security still face long-term financial problems as millions of baby boomers reach retirement. Social Security’s...
Vets' health bill has opposition
WASHINGTON — Before being elected to Congress, Rep. Jeff Miller was a real estate broker. His background in sales will come in handy as t...
Official: Storms destroy E. Tenn. homes, no deaths
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Powerful storms that raked across several states in the eastern U.S. on Sunday destroyed at lea...
Hepatitis drug under scrutiny
WASHINGTON — A $1,000-per-pill drug that insurers are reluctant to pay for has quickly become the treatment of choice for a liver-wasting vi...
RICHMOND, Va. — An appeals courts' decision to strike down Virginia's same-sex marriage ban adds to the growing list of decrees on a hot-button issue that will likely en...
SANDUSKY, Ohio — An Ohio amusement park ride that swings riders as high as 125 feet has been closed indefinitely after a cable snapped, injuring two visitors.
Cedar Poin...
MISSOURI VALLEY, Iowa — A new fruit that research says packs more antioxidants than popular “superfoods” like blueberries, acai berries and goji berries is establishing ...
NEW YORK — Bel Kaufman, the witty and spirited fiction writer, educator and storyteller whose million-selling “Up the Down Staircase” captured the insanity and the humor...
