They're at odds with hospital
OAKLAND, Calif. — The family of a 13-year-old girl declared brain dead said late Friday it has found a second nursing home willing to provid...
NEW YORK — The debate over the National Security Agency’s collection of millions of Americans’ telephone records fell squarely into the courts when a federal judge in Ma...
Frustration rises after ice storm
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Staring at a sixth day without power in a house as cold as a refrigerator, a frustrated John Johnson finally was a...
When the Kennedy Center saluted its latest honorees Dec. 8, it was hard to decide what the biggest moment was.
Supreme Court associate justice Sonia Sotomayor spoke in p...
Repairing lines dangerous work
DETROIT — When an ice storm glazed over Michigan last weekend, Tony Carone feared he wouldn’t be spending Christmas at home with his family...
NEW YORK — For the handful of New York transit officials who dutifully collect and catalog more than 50,000 items a year lost on commuter trains, subways and buses, the ...
New field set to be regulated
WASHINGTON — Sure your liver or kidney could save someone’s life. But would you donate your hands, or your face? Signing up to become an org...
LONG BEACH, Calif. — Studio drummer Ricky Lawson, a collaborator with musicians including Michael Jackson, Eric Clapton, Phil Collins and Whitney Houston, has died at a ...
Another medical guideline. Another controversy.
This time, a group of experts wants to redefine high blood pressure — it’s now OK for some of us to be a little higher, t...
Historical site enjoys support
INDIANA, Pa. — For a time it looked like the Jimmy Stewart Museum wasn’t going to make it.
It’s in the actor’s hometown of Indiana — an hou...