Audience members applaud a speaker before the arrival of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Bridgeport, Conn., on Saturday.Michael Dwyer/Associated Press “You know, being presidential’s easy…
NEW DELHI – A university professor on his way to work in Bangladesh was hacked to death Saturday in an attack similar to other killings by suspected Muslim militants, police…
possibly killed while sleeping
‘You can’t just keep on yelling.’
German Franz Brugger enjoys a fresh brewed beer in the Griessbraeu brewery in Murnau, Germany. Germany is celebrating 500 years of law that restricts the ingredients of German beer to…
CAIRO – Egyptian security forces have rounded up dozens of activists, journalists and lawyers ahead of demonstrations called for April 25 against President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi’s policies, including the transfer of…
A cat takes part in the long jump event in Hallmark Olympic Stadium where the Hallmark Channel was filming for its Kitten Summer Games special. The TV special, which airs…
Eventually, the center has resorted to installing a large sign at the front of their driveway instructing travelers that their electronic devices are wrong about Mount Rushmore’s location. Despite this,…
Olson MINNEAPOLIS – There were no obvious signs of trauma on Prince’s body when he was found unresponsive at his home in suburban Minneapolis, and suicide isn’t suspected in the…
candidate will show more depth after winning nomination
Solar Impulse 2 pilot Bertrant Piccard of Switzerland says the idea of flying around the world in a solar-powered plane stressed him out when he first discussed the idea several…
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – Republican Party leaders turned aside an effort Thursday to change the rules at their national convention to make it harder for the GOP to choose a fresh…
President also says cease-fire in Syria on brink of collapse
concerns about 482,000 Volkswagens
U.S. officials say the U.S. policy of returning to Cuba refugees found at sea leads many of them to shoot or stab themselves in hopes they will be taken to…
President attending meeting on regional stability
DETROIT – Volkswagen, the U.S. government and private lawyers have reached a deal for the automaker to spend just over $1 billion to compensate owners of about 600,000 diesel-powered cars…
A Treasury official said Wednesday that Secretary Jacob Lew has decided to put Underground Railroad leader Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill, making her the first woman on U.S. paper…
Ellis Stafford, left, and Jeff Seipenko, special agent for the Michigan Attorney General’s office, sit in court with warrants in their hands on Wednesday at the Floyd J. McCree Courts…
Women run in a San Diego park. Life expectancy for white women has fallen a little, according to a new government report.Gregory Bull/Associated Press file White women lost about five…
A Treasury official said Wednesday that Secretary Jacob Lew has decided to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill, making her the first woman on U.S. paper currency in 100…
U.S. and Afghan officials condemned a suicide attack claimed by Taliban forces that killed dozens in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday.Rahmat Gul/Associated Press The coordinated attack in central Kabul appeared to…
ST. LOUIS – A federal judge approved an agreement Tuesday between Ferguson and the U.S. Justice Department that calls for sweeping changes in the Missouri city where 18-year-old Michael Brown…
Residents are evacuated from their flooded apartment complex Tuesday in Houston.David J. Phillip/Associated Press Major reservoirs built in the 1940s helped alleviate some of problems, but a population explosion and…
