Gov. asks bells be rung 26 times
NEWTOWN, Conn. — Newtown is planning to mark one year since the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting massacre with private memorial serv...
AUSTIN, Texas — At age 107, World War II veteran Elmer Hill doesn’t have many elders left. That’s why meeting a fellow veteran and Texan who’s three months his senior wa...
NASA says it was 3.5B years ago
LOS ANGELES — NASA’s Curiosity rover has uncovered signs of an ancient freshwater lake on Mars, which scientists say could have been a per...
Levinson was gathering CIA intelligence
WASHINGTON — In March 2007, retired FBI agent Robert Levinson flew to Kish Island, an Iranian resort awash with tourists, smuggler...
But VFW, GOP oppose plan
WASHINGTON — One day after winning lopsided House approval, bipartisan legislation to ease across-the-board spending cuts and reduce economy-ratt...
No one wins $425M prize
DES MOINES, Iowa — One of the largest jackpots in U.S. lottery history climbed even higher Saturday after no ticket matched all six numbers to win...
Teen had run-in with teacher
CENTENNIAL, Colo. — A Colorado high school student with an apparent grudge against a teacher wounded a classmate with a shotgun before killin...
WASHINGTON — Students in same-sex marriages will be treated the same as their straight married classmates when it comes to federal college loan applications, Education S...
Study: Children are in danger
PHILADELPHIA — The scenes are too common for comfort: A mother grabs her daughter’s arm roughly on the bus. A father at a convenience store ...
LOS ANGELES — Ryan O’Neal’s attorneys on Thursday concluded their defense of the actor in a lawsuit aimed at making him relinquish an Andy Warhol portrait of Farrah Fawc...
