This 1918 “inverted Jenny” stamp, which was stolen in 1955, surfaced last week at Spink USA, a New York auction house. Considered America’s most famous stamp, inverted Jennies were worth…
Revolutionary leader Fidel Castro Tuesday urged members of Cuba’s Communist Pary Congress to continue the communist revolution he began nearly 60 years ago after toppling the government of Cuban dictator…
A kayaker in a pedal kayak, left, moves past a more traditional craft near Owen Beach in Point Defiance Park Monday in Tacoma, Wash., where temperatures were at record levels…
WASHINGTON – The United States will send approximately 200 additional troops to Iraq and allow U.S. advisers to move closer to the front lines,the Pentagon said Monday, as the Obama…
Former Arizona Rep. Gabby Giffords plants a kiss on the cheek of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at a Women for Hillary campaign event on Monday in New York. From…
Relatives mourn the loss of their family members, victims of the 7.8-magnitude earthquake, during a funeral service in Portoviejo, Ecuador, on Monday. The Saturday night quake left at least 350…
The awards marked the centennial of the Pulitzers, American journalism’s highest honors. AP journalists Margie Mason, Robin McDowell, Martha Mendoza and Esther Htusan chronicled how men from Myanmar and other…
White House press secretary Josh Earnest takes questions during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington. A new poll shows trust in the news media is being eroded…
Supporters of fair immigration reform gather in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, where the justices are taking up the Obama administration’s plans to enact programs that would shield…
Aso Bridge is seen collapsed by a powerful earthquake in Minamiaso village, Kumamoto prefecture, Japan, on Sunday. Two nights of increasingly terrifying earthquakes flattened houses and triggered major landslides in…
DES MOINES, Iowa – Donald Trump is relentlessly attacking the rules that govern how Republicans choose their nominee come. But it’s coming far too late to change what even defenders…
A woman cries as she stands next to house destroyed by the earthquake in the Pacific coastal town of Pedernales, Ecuador, on Sunday. The strongest earthquake to hit Ecuador in…
Clooney hosted two weekend fundraisers in California on behalf of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. Donations for attendees at an event in San Francisco topped out at $353,000 per couple,…
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Republican candidate Ted Cruz is promising to roll back what he calls President Barack Obama’s “war on coal” if he’s elected president. The Texas senator addressed the…
An Associated Press-GfK poll finds that most Americans are happy with their friends and family, feel good about their finances and are more or less content at work. It’s government,…
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump holds up Time after speaking at a campaign rally on Saturday in Syracuse, N.Y.Mel Evans/Associated Press Trump is the only candidate with a realistic chance…
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – An Ethiopian official says that armed groups killed more than 140 civilians Friday near Ethiopia’s border with South Sudan. The attackers came from South Sudan and…
The scene offers a window into Seattle’s infatuations with dogs (and cats), which outnumber children here, and the maturing roaming food truck market. Now, one truck is combining both by…
Museum visitors examine a 1927 photograph that shows Ernest Hemingway, center, at a bullfight in Pamplona Spain in the exhibit: “Ernest Hemingway: Between Two Wars” at the John F. Kennedy…
drops plan to allow texting at the movies
says rogue nation may be producing plutonium again
A new earthquake hit Mashiki, Japan, on Friday, a day after a magnitude-6.5 earthquake destroyed several buildings and injured hundreds in the area.Koji Harada/Kyodo News While it was not immediately…
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama paid more than $81,000 in taxes last year on adjusted gross income of more than $436,000. Their effective federal income tax rate was 18.7 percent.…
Ill-mannered GOP race upsets many
SEOUL, South Korea – A North Korea missile launch meant to celebrate the birthday of the country’s founder ended in failure, U.S. defense officials said Friday, an embarrassing setback in…
