Stench brings police to home
SANTA ANA, Calif. — A California schoolteacher was arrested Wednesday after hundreds of living and dead pythons in plastic bins were found st...
Those efforts to fight obesity in schools? Think younger. A new study finds that much of a child’s “weight fate” is set by age 5, and that nearly half of kids who became...
MADISON, Wis. — A Wisconsin father convicted of abuse for starving his teenage daughter down to 68 pounds was sentenced Wednesday to five years in prison.
Before being s...
House approves new legislation
MILWAUKEE — Farmers expressed relief this week that a long fight over federal dairy subsidies had ended with an overhaul that most thought ...
HONOLULU — A Hawaii high school is expected to resume normal operations today after a police officer shot a 17-year-old runaway on campus, prompting a lockdown and cance...
Global markets feel impact
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve is expected today to further reduce its stimulus for the U.S. economy even though that prospect has unsettled ...
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is promoting his newly unveiled plans to boost wages for some workers and help Americans save for retirement — no action from Congres...
Arizona taxpayers pick up the tab
PHOENIX — Jodi Arias' legal bills have topped $2 million, a tab being footed by Arizona taxpayers that will only continue to climb with ...
They oppose teacher tenure
LOS ANGELES — In a packed courtroom, attorneys unveiled opposing views Monday on the emotionally divisive issue of whether California public sc...
DALLAS — Before a pregnant, brain-dead Texas woman was taken off life support over the weekend at the end of a long legal battle, her husband said he decided to name wha...
