Pope Francis told world leaders during a speech at the United Nations Friday that God granted humans the right to use “creation for the good of his fellow men and…
House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, center, leaves a Friday meeting with House Republicans on Capitol Hill after informing party members that he will be resigning from Congress at the…
BOGOTA, Colombia – A diplomatic breakthrough leaves many problems standing between Colombia and the prospect of peace after generations of armed conflict. President Juan Manuel Santos and leaders of the…
WILMINGTON, Del. – The police shooting of a man in a wheelchair was “unjust,” his mother said Thursday, but authorities described a different scenario, saying the man was pulling a…
The action of Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., followed a decisive Senate vote blocking a bill that would have stripped Planned Parenthood of its taxpayer funding while keeping the government…
Officials with the Seattle Police Dept. work at the scene of a crash Thursday in Seattle. Four people died in the collision.Ted S. Warren/Associated Press The collision happened on the…
Thousands line streets in Manhattan to greet pontiff
In this Sept. 12 photo provided by Dan Lent, a humpback whale breaches the water in Long Island Sound off the coast of Stamford, Conn. Biologists at the Maritime Aquarium…
BERLIN – Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn resigned Wednesday, days after admitting that the world’s top-selling carmaker had rigged diesel emissions to pass U.S. tests during his tenure. No replacement was…
Contender’s brashness reason some will vote for him
Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks Tuesday at a banquet in Seattle. Xi was in Seattle on his way to Washington, D.C., for a White House state dinner on Friday.Ted S.…
DES MOINES, Iowa – Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday she opposes construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, breaking her longstanding silence over a project criticized by environmentalists as a threat…
Israel’s government Antiquities Authority said Monday that an ancient structure it began excavating this month on the side of a highway appears to match ancient descriptions of the tomb of…
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker announced Monday he was suspending his Republican presidential campaign.Morry Gash/Assocaited Press “Today, I believe that I am being called to lead by helping to clear the…
New analysis from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research shows, if current trends continue, women will not receive equal pay until 2059.CreativaImages/iStockphoto Study director Jessica Milli says the median income…
Vice President Joe Biden last week visited Ohio State University to help introduce new initiatives to combat sexual assaults on college campuses.Paul Vernon/Associated Press file photo The results of the…
Some U.S. officials are suggesting that a U.S. decision to abstain from a United Nations vote condemning the U.S. embargo on Cuba would send a strong message to congressional members…
Walker MADISON, Wis. – Warning the GOP’s presidential race has become too nasty, Scott Walker suspended his 2016 campaign on Monday and called on some of his Republican rivals to…
PHOENIX – Soft-spoken and handcuffed, a 21-year-old landscaper insists that he is not responsible for a string of Phoenix freeway shootings and that his gun has been sitting in a…
That gap will be masked by the huge throngs of Catholics greeting Francis in Washington, New York and Philadelphia. Many of them see him as an agent of change, with…
Republican presidential candidates former New York Gov. George Pataki, left; former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, second from left; Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, second from right; and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.,…
Utah, Arizona try to help communities that don’t want it
