Dying woman wrote prayers
MINNEAPOLIS — When a brain tumor took away Dorothy Holm’s ability to speak, she picked up index cards and began filling them, edge to edge, with...
LANCASTER — A devoted dog who apparently stayed in the woods for more than a day, barking to draw attention to his owner who died in the snow, needs a new home.
The fami...
RICHMOND, Va. — Following a seismic political shift in Virginia's top elected offices, the new attorney general has concluded the state's ban on gay marriage is unconsti...
Record cold lingers in the lower 48 states
WASHINGTON — The weather seems more than a bit upside down.
The average temperature for the Lower 48 states midmorning Wednesda...
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A routine day of classes was pierced by the sounds of gunfire, fire alarms and screams when a Purdue University student entered a basement classro...
Experts watch as cases spike
A spate of bird flu cases since the beginning of the year in China has experts watching closely as millions of people and poultry are on the ...
PHOENIX — An Arizona State University fraternity’s operations have been suspended following accusations that the Tau Kappa Epsilon chapter hosted a distasteful party in ...
NOAA releases year-end data
WASHINGTON — The sweltering year of 1988 first put global warming in the headlines and ended up as the hottest year on record. But on Tuesday,...
Christie begins his 2nd term
TRENTON, N.J. — Today's celebrations to mark the start of Gov. Chris Christie's second term could be tempered by multiple investigations into...
Officials try to handle issue
MIAMI — After his father was diagnosed with cancer, a 15-year-old Champagne, Ill., teen started skipping school, erupting in angry outbursts...
