Their job status made essential
WASHINGTON — In the space of a week, Chris Vaccaro was furloughed from his government post, called back and then furloughed again in head-...
3 women were sexually harassed
SAN DIEGO — Former San Diego Mayor Bob Filner, driven from office by sexual harassment allegations, pleaded guilty Tuesday to a felony for ...
Short-term debt deal won't mask big barriers
WASHINGTON — Hold the champagne.
Even if Congress reaches a last-minute or deadline-busting deal to avert a federal default a...
BOSTON — New research suggests that high levels of BPA, a chemical in many plastics and canned food linings, might raise the risk of miscarriage in women prone to that p...
House, GOP effort flops
WASHINGTON — Senate leaders are optimistic about forging an eleventh-hour bipartisan deal preventing a possible federal default and ending the par...
But military system lags
WASHINGTON — Four years after his failed effort to bring the 9/11 mastermind to New York for trial, President Barack Obama has reinstated the fed...
President put focus on obesity
WASHINGTON — Way before Weight Watchers or “The Biggest Loser,” a president known for his girth was helping to usher in a modern approach t...
WASHINGTON — A former Army captain hailed for bravery during combat in Afghanistan in 2009 is adding the Medal of Honor to his list of military decorations.
President Ba...
CENTENNIAL, Colo. — Screaming gunshot victims were stampeding out of a Colorado movie theater after police arrested James Holmes, court documents say, so police officers...
Highest court in New York to hear case
ALBANY, N.Y. — A dispute over an ancient gold tablet pitting a Holocaust survivor’s heirs against the German museum that lost the A...
