Sophia leads girl babies
WASHINGTON — Noah sailed past Jacob to become the most popular baby name for boys in 2013, ending Jacob’s 14-year run at the top. Sophia was the ...
HEARNE, Texas — Friends say 93-year-old Pearlie Golden still shopped at the grocery store and greeted friends with a jubilant “Hey, baby!” Now they and the mayor of this...
She assists with postwar stress
FORT BRAGG, N.C. — After three deployments to Iraq and three to Afghanistan, Staff Sgt. Dennis Swols is agitated, prone to bouts of anger ...
NEW YORK — Pablo Picasso’s colorful 1932 oil painting “The Rescue” sold for $31.5 million at a New York auction Wednesday, far exceeding its $14 million to $18 million e...
Primaries under way
WASHINGTON — North Carolina House Speaker Thom Tillis captured the Republican nomination to oppose imperiled Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan Tuesday night, ...
HONOLULU — Hawaii transportation officials released video Tuesday of California teen Yahya Abdi hopping from a jet’s wheel well April 20 after stowing away for a 5½-hour...
CARTHAGE, Texas — A former mortician whose killing of a rich widow shook an East Texas town and later inspired a movie is a free man after a judge agreed to reduce his l...
WASHINGTON — When it came time to deliver a new federal report detailing what global warming is doing to America and the dire forecast for the future, President Barack O...
President stops in Little Rock
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will tour communities in Arkansas that were hit hard recently by severe tornadoes, a visit that also ha...
LOS ANGELES — Disney on Tuesday posted second-quarter earnings that beat Wall Street forecasts, helped by the home video sales of blockbuster movies “Frozen” and “Thor: ...
