Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Thomas Frieden steps away form the podium during a news conference at a one-day Zika summit Friday in Atlanta.David Goldman/Associated Press A…
Water rises outside the home of Lisa Ramsey, right, in Greenwood, Miss., after storms brought several inches of rain to the city. With Ramsey is with her neighbor, Justin Carpenter.Tim…
Garland Obama adviser Brian Deese said Friday that Obama will return Thursday to the University of Chicago Law School to argue for Senate consideration of the appeals judge’s nomination. Obama…
CHICAGO – Chicago teachers took to picket lines Friday in a one-day strike they say is aimed at getting lawmakers to adequately fund education and other programs in the nation’s…
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton Friday proposed a new manufacturing policy that would offer federal funds to businesses that pledge not to outsource jobs or move their operations overseas.Mike Groll/Associated…
hope state will finally stop his march to nomination
suggest Egyptian boy king’s tomb may contain more mysteries
KOLKATA, India – Indian police on Friday detained five officials of a company constructing an overpass that collapsed onto a crowded Kolkata neighborhood, killing at least 24 people and injuring…
U.S., allies vow to curb country’s nuclear program
President Barack Obama Friday called Western nations’ agreement with Iran to curb that country’s nuclear program a model for future diplomatic efforts to stop nuclear proliferation.Jacquelyn Martin/Associated Press Hosting his…
Ralph Logan, general manager of Microtrain, left, speaks with James Smith who is seeking employment during a National Career Fairs job fair in Chicago.M. Spencer Green/Associated Press file The unemployment…
Mike Morrill takes a selfie with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during a rally Wednesday at the Radisson Paper Valley Hotel in Appleton, Wis.William Glasheen/The Post-Crescent via AP “What should…
RICHMOND, Va. – A gunman shot a Virginia state trooper Thursday at a busy bus terminal in the capital city of Richmond before he was shot dead by two other…
SAO PAULO – Eighteen Brazilians were left blind after surgeons apparently used unsterilized instruments during a cataract treatment campaign in an industrial suburb of Sao Paulo, officials said Thursday. Sao…
U.S. officials are planning to meet with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Thursday during a summit in Washington, D.C., to discuss ways to counter North Korean nuclear threats.Andrew Harnik/Associated Press President…
Children play outside Winterberry Charter School in Anchorage, Alaska, Wednesday. Three first-graders in Alaska’s largest city plotted to kill a fellow student with silica gel packets that the girls believed…
say he’s hurting efforts to attract more female voters
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, with President Barack Obama, is one of the world leaders attending a summit in Washington, D.C., on the threat of nuclear terrorism.Susan Walsh/Associated Press file…
Antarctica ice melt may cause oceans to rise faster than thought
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – A top political aide to Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley resigned Wednesday, a week after the goernor publicly admitted making inappropriate remarks to her but denied the two…
Judge Derrick Garland, left, President Barack Obama’s choice to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court, meets with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., at her office on Capitol…
Battaglia Attorneys for John David Battaglia argued he deserved a court-appointed attorney to investigate claims that he may be mentally incompetent for execution, and that a hearing should be held…
EgyptAir incident raises alarms about safety at Egyptian airports
Lewandowski NEW YORK – The number of foreign children adopted by U.S. parents dropped by 12 percent last year to the lowest level since 1981, according to new State Department…
President Barack Obama shakes hands with guests after arriving in Atlanta to speak at the National Rx Drug Abuse & Heroin Summit. He announced a proposed rule that would increase…
Judge Merrick Garland, President Barack Obama’s choice to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court, arrives for a visit Tuesday with Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., the only…
