Alaska Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott speaks during a meeting on trans-boundary water issues with Canada on Thursday in Juneau, Alaska. The potential for mining development in British Columbia has some…
Here is a look at ways in which countries have changed their time zones for political reasons: How it all began Time zones were first proposed in the mid-19th century…
Scott’s budget is tight since he was disabled from a work-related injury, so he turns to the Mitzvah Food Project at the Kleinlife center. The pantry is among the vanguard…
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks at the Iowa State Fair on Saturday in Des Moines. Sanders has been quickly climbing in early polls and attracting massive crowds…
TOKYO – Emperor Akihito expressed rare “deep remorse” over his country’s wartime actions in an address Saturday marking the 70th anniversary of Japan’s World War II surrender, a day after…
PHOENIX – Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake, the lone Republican senator who was considering support for the Iran nuclear deal, announced plans Saturday to vote no, dealing a significant blow to…
A warehouse exploded Wednesday in Tianjin, China, as filmed from a nearby residential building. Tianjin is the world’s 10th largest port. At least 104 people are dead because of the…
An Italian Navy RIB approaches a fishing boat crowded with migrants off the coast of Libya. At least 40 migrants died Saturday in the hold of an overcrowded smuggling boat…
The bear became trapped Thursday inside Ellen Stolpe’s Toyota Camry at a lodge near Yellowstone National Park. Stolpe laughed because the incident was so bizarre and she was relieved that…
Officials say two messages may not have been very sensitive
Mueller WASHINGTON – American hostage Kayla Mueller was repeatedly forced to have sex with Abu Bakr Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State group, according to accounts provided to U.S.…
BAGHDAD – Thousands of people demonstrated in cities across Iraq on Friday to show support for a reform plan put forth by the prime minister this week that aims to…
A large majority of Americans from both political parties believe the U.S. should use military force to protect America and its allies from terrorist groups such as the Islamic State,…
James Blaesing, who’s grandmother was Nan Britton, said his mother, Elizabeth Ann Britton, and grandmother would be happy to know that DNA has confirmed that his mother, Elizabeth Ann Britton,…
HARTFORD, Conn. – Three years after Connecticut abolished the death penalty for any future crimes, the state’s highest court on Thursday spared the lives of all 11 men who were…
HELSINKI – Swedish prosecutors on Thursday dropped cases of lesser sexual misconduct against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange but said they still want to question him on accusations of rape made…
The Federal Aviation Administration and the Academy of Model Aeronautics, a hobbyist’s association, are promoting a campaign to educate drone operators about rules restricting where owners can fly drones.Alex Brandon/Associated…
Shoppers check out at a Wal-Mart Supercenter store in Springdale, Ark. Retail sales rose in July with the Commerce Department reporting shoppers spent more at car dealerships and restaurants in…
A new poll shows Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is leading Hillary Rodham Clinton for the first time. The Franklin Pierce University/Boston Herald poll shows Sanders leads Clinton…
ATLANTA – Former President Jimmy Carter announced he has been diagnosed with cancer in a brief statement issued Wednesday. “Recent liver surgery revealed that I have cancer that now is…
