It’s estimated that only about 30 percent of homes have thermostats that can be programmed, even though the technology has been around for more than three decades.SCOTT EELLS/Bloomberg News However,…
jury in police shooting expected to reconvene today
WASHINGTON – A controversial and tireless advocate for the nation’s capital who created jobs for generations of black families, Marion Barry was the ultimate District of Columbia politician, though his…
Colorado’s plan cuts spending, approves ‘general market’ fee
Country still lacks enough beds for patients
Betting tradition dates back more than century
Liberian couple Dickson Torgbor Gbarjolo, left, and Quoisey Korzu, second left, cut their cake during their wedding ceremony in the city of Monrovia, Liberia. Many have postponed their weddings as…
A Portuguese military fighter jet, left, and a Canadian military fighter patrol the skies over Lithhuania during a NATO military exercise. NATO is monitoring the airspace over the Baltics.Mindaugas Kulbis/Associated…
Residents dig out – but prepare for quite different weather
OKs limited re-engagement with Taliban fighters
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama’s expansive executive action on immigration is good for the U.S. economy – just not as good as partnering with Congress on broader reforms. The executive…
speech weighed against officer safety
TOKYO – A strong earthquake late Saturday struck a mountainous area of central Japan that hosted the 1998 Winter Olympics, knocking down at least 10 homes in a ski resort…
St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay, center, hears from his chief of staff, Jeff Rainford, and St. Louis County Executive Charlie A. Dooley, left, stands nearby during a news conference Friday…
WASHINGTON – House Republicans filed a federal lawsuit Friday accusing the Obama administration of exceeding its constitutional powers in carrying out President Barack Obama’s prized health-care law, giving legal voice…
Frances Moore, 93, has worked at Bromberg & Co. jewelry in Mountain Brook, Ala., for 75 years and is the longest-tenured employee ever at a family-owned company that dates to…
Job seekers attend a job fair in Miami Lakes, Fla. The Labor Department Friday reported that unemployment was down in more than two-thirds of the states in October.Alan Diaz/Associated Press…
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, left, and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry are in Vienna trying to negotiate an agreement on Iran’s nuclear power program although a deal…
official says Wilson confident about outcome
BAGHDAD – Iraq’s prime minister said on Thursday that his country and neighboring Turkey have agreed on closer security and intelligence cooperation in the face of the threat posed by…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A vehicle being chased by police slammed into a downtown Kansas City building where vintage cars were being stored Thursday, causing the structure to partially collapse…
