RENO, Nev. — Anyone expecting a sweet remembrance of the life and times of Marianne Theresa Johnson-Reddick was in for a surprise Tuesday if they opened the obituary pag...
WASHINGTON — Social Security made $1.3 billion in potentially improper disability payments to people who had jobs when they were supposed to be unable to work, congressi...
LYONS, Colo. — By air and by land, the rescue of hundreds of Coloradoans stranded by epic mountain flooding was accelerating as food and water supplies ran low, while th...
HONOLULU — A Hawaii woman’s last name is a real mouthful, containing 36 letters and 19 syllables in all. And it’s so long that she couldn’t get a driver’s license with h...
SEASIDE PARK, N.J. — Continuing hot spots could hamper investigators trying to figure out the cause of a fire that charred four blocks of bars, pizza shops and T-shirt s...
Major deadlines fast-approaching
WASHINGTON — GOP leaders eager to avoid blame for a possible government shutdown next month appear confounded by conservatives’ passion f...
SEASIDE PARK, N.J. — On Thursday, as a raging fire erupted on a newly rebuilt boardwalk in two shore resort towns, some makeshift sand dunes saved part of it.
The fire t...
LOS ANGELES — Forget that stereotype about the dumb jock. A new study reveals that kids who are more physically fit score higher on geography tests, too.
Previous resear...
LOS ANGELES — Not that anyone needs one, but here’s another problem for obese people, especially women: They are much more likely to get even occasional migraine headach...
LOS ANGELES — Cal Worthington, who built a fortune from a series of West Coast auto dealerships and became a TV fixture thanks to folksy car lot commercials urging custo...
