Cities tighten rules to get them
PORTLAND, Ore. — A blue placard dangling from the rear-view mirror is the equivalent of parking gold for drivers in many cities — they ca...
ATLANTA — Children — like adults — are increasingly trying electronic cigarettes, according to the first large national study to gauge use by middle and high school stud...
WASHINGTON — U.S. employers added 169,000 jobs in August and many fewer in July than previously thought. Hiring has slowed from the start of the year and could complicat...
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The family of Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro planned to claim his body Thursday as investigations sought to determine how a man who was perhaps Ohio’s...
ATLANTA — After falling four years in a row, U.S. births may finally be leveling off. The number of babies born last year — a little shy of 4 million — is only a few hun...
Unit befriended stray overseas
PORT JEFFERSON STATION, N.Y. — Army reunions have been held as long as soldiers have been going off to war, yet a reunion this week was per...
Obama faces tough challenge
WASHINGTON — A Senate panel’s deep divide over giving President Barack Obama the authority to use U.S. military force against Syria underscore...
Consumers get plenty of options
WASHINGTON — Coverage under President Barack Obama’s health care law won’t be cheap, but cost-conscious consumers hunting for lower premiu...
Summit begins today in Russia
WASHINGTON — Something unfamiliar will be in the background as world leaders hold a summit in Russia starting today: economic growth through...
Mementos lost in floods, fires
NEW YORK — The letters and photos were beyond value — some of the mementos Joe Quinn still had to remember his older brother Jimmy, who die...
