ATLANTA — When snow fell on Atlanta two weeks ago, downtown streets of the South’s business hub were jammed with unmoving cars, highway motorists slept overnight in vehi...
If U.S. economy keeps improving
WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen says that if the economy keeps improving, the Fed will take “further measured steps” to re...
WASHINGTON — In the 4½ years since the Great Recession ended, millions of Americans who have gone without jobs or raises have found themselves wondering something about ...
First lady praises construction pledge
WASHINGTON — Michelle Obama says a construction industry pledge to hire 100,000 veterans by 2019 isn’t only the right and patriotic...
A virus sweeping through the nation’s hog industry is killing piglets at an increasingly alarming rate, threatening to hamper production and lead to higher retail pork p...
NY mayor wants horses exiled
NEW YORK — Time may be running out for the iconic horse carriages that carry tourists around New York City’s Central Park. Mayor Bill de Blas...
CHICAGO — Nearly 3 out of 4 U.S. children and young adults consume at least some caffeine, mostly from soda, tea and coffee. The rate didn’t budge much over a decade, al...
LOS ANGELES — Actor Richard Bull of TV’s “Little House on the Prairie” has died. Spokesman Jaime Larkin said the 89-year-old died Feb. 3 of natural causes.
The characte...
PHILADELPHIA — Utility crews labored around the clock for yet another day Saturday, working to restore electricity to the nearly 175,000 customers in Pennsylvania and Ma...
NEW YORK — Betty Moffitt, the mother of tennis great Billie Jean King and former major league pitcher Randy Moffitt, died Friday in Prescott, Ariz. She was 91.
She died ...
