WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says a more fuel-efficient truck fleet will boost the economy and help clean the environment.
After a three-day weekend in Southern C...
MIAMI — At art museums the world over, the rule for visitors is simple: Please Don’t Touch.
One Miami artist not only ignored that warning, he picked up, threw down and ...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A verdict in the city of Jacksonville is again raising the issue of self-defense and race in Florida, just seven months after George Zimmerman was a...
PHOENIX — What winter?
People in Southern California and Phoenix were sunning themselves in 80-degree weather, even as northeastern states struggled to recover from this...
SALT LAKE CITY — Bargoers weighing whether they’re sober enough to take the wheel could soon have a tool to help make that decision.
Breathalyzers and similar devices co...
Some in Ga., SC go without power
WILLISTON, S.C. — Ben Ziegler frowned grimly as he used borrowed equipment to cut firewood for his home on the third day without power to...
There can never be too many tales about a one-night stand turned long-term love affair.
Perhaps the allure comes from the hope that anyone can fall hard, despite the lac...
SEATTLE — The fate of the mammoth tusk found at a construction site in downtown Seattle this week was entirely up to the landowner, a national expert said Thursday.
Wash...
Bitter cold inundates region
CHEBOYGAN, Mich. — From the bridge of the Coast Guard cutter Mackinaw, northern Lake Huron looks like a vast, snow-covered field dotted with...
WASHINGTON — Like 78 million other Americans, MaryJane Harrison is obese.
And like many critically overweight Americans, Harrison cannot afford to have weight loss surg...