WASHINGTON – Douglas Hughes has said repeatedly in recent months that he objected to doing “significant hard jail time” for landing a gyrocopter outside the U.S. Capitol to call attention…
TALLINN, Estonia – The three Baltic countries will “scientifically” calculate the losses caused by nearly five decades of Soviet occupation so they can seek compensation from Russia. Estonian Justice Minister…
GusGus, a baby goat, has been reunited with his mother after an unknown person took the goat from the petting zoo at the Arizona State Fair in Phoenix.Emilie Owen via…
Friday’s Commerce Department report showing U.S. companies added 271,000 jobs in October is leading economists to believe that the Federal Reserve will move ahead and raise interest rates for the…
TransAmerica’s Keystone Steele City pumping station in Nebraska would connect with the proposed pipeline the company wants to build to move oil from Canada to the Texas Gulf Coast. The…
Several American Indian tribes are gaining access to national criminal databases after a deadly shooting in Washington state helped reveal flaws in the way federal authorities and tribal governments share…
proposes little increase in spending over 6 years
NEWARK, N.J. – Chris Christie and Mike Huckabee have been bumped from the main stage at next week’s GOP presidential debate, while George Pataki and Lindsey Graham have been cut…
aren’t as happy as they once were
The department said Secretary Jeh Johnson authorized Secret Service agents to work on protective details for the two leading Republican presidential candidates. Both requested protection last month. Johnson approved the…
David J. Phillip/Associated Press file photo<br><br>Former President George H.W. Bush, left, applauds with Laura Bush after former President George W. Bush’s speech during the dedication of the George W. Bush…
WASHINGTON – A Senate committee launched an investigation Wednesday into exorbitant drug price hikes by Turing Pharmaceuticals and three other companies, responding to public anxiety over rising prices for critical…
Trudeau TORONTO – Justin Trudeau was sworn in Wednesday as Canada’s new Liberal prime minister, promising a less controlling style of “government by Cabinet” after almost 10 years of Conservative…
Only one body of a victim from last week’s crash of a Russian jet over the Sinai Peninsula has been released to family members. Russians Wednesday laid floral tributes to…
votes cast doubts on Dems’ ’16 prospects
Used heroin syringes are stored in a water bottle in Combs Park in Hamilton, Ohio. The Drug Enforcement Administration’s new drug threat assessment reports that seizures of heroin doubled in…
Protesters mark the one-year anniversary of Michael Brown being shot and killed by Police Officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri. A new report shows that more than half of all…
Mourners are continuing to come to St. Petersburg’s airport and Dvortsovaya Square to lay flowers and light candles for the victims of a Russian jetliner that crashed in Egypt’s Sinai…
TAIPEI, Taiwan – A presidential spokesman says Taiwan’s President Ma Ying-jeou will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Singapore on Saturday. It will be the first such meeting of…
WASHINGTON – Democrats have blocked a Senate bill that would have forced the Obama administration to withdraw new federal rules to protect smaller streams, tributaries and wetlands from development and…
Campaign for Houston supporters check election results at a watch party Tuesday in Houston. The group opposed the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance which would have established nondiscrimination protections for gay…
retriever returns home after several months in hospital
Jeb Bush talks about his record as Florida governor and his hopes for his presidency as a part of his “Jeb Can Fix It” tour. He talked to voters Monday…
Democrats in the Senate blocked a Republican-backed bill that would have stopped new Obama administration rules designed to protect smaller waterways throughout the United States from development and pollution.Alex Brandon/Associated…
The proposed legalization initiative is one of more than a dozen that has been submitted in California for the November 2016 election. Because of the deep pockets, political connections and…
SEATTLE – Chipotle closed 43 of its Pacific Northwest locations after the chain’s third foodborne illness this year sickened about two dozen people – prompting renewed scrutiny of a company…
