Sharon Garner, right, and Regina Hamm of St. Louis participate in a rally in Ferguson, Mo., on Saturday near the site where Michael Brown, an unarmed black 18-year-old, was fatally…
Lawmakers pass first statewide plastic-bag ban SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California lawmakers have approved a measure that would make the state the first to impose a statewide ban on single-use plastic…
However, leaders fear economic backlash with more sanctions
peacekeepers captured are ‘safe and in good health’
Refunds could be delayed if new forms are late
English-speaking call centers offer good jobs, hope
‘It feels like we’re in a war,’ grower says
PURCHASE, N.Y. – President Barack Obama says there’s one reason Congress is broken, and it’s because the Republican Party is captive to an ideologically rigid, unproductive and cynical group. Speaking…
Experts say radicalized Americans are very difficult to identify, catch
Militias trying to link territory in Ukraine to Crimea region
The monkeys were given the drug, ZMapp, three to five days after they were infected with the virus and when most were showing symptoms. That is several days later than…
But the ex-wife and children of instructor Charles Vacca say they harbor no ill feelings toward the girl and her family. Instead, they feel sorry for the child and want…
Across the region, young people are choosing crops over cubicles, new farms are popping up and the local food movement is spreading. Farmers and industry experts agree New England is…
David Brekke says it’s about small-town living where people know their neighbors. Brekke and his wife, Kimberly, run The Vault coffee shop in Valley City, a town of about 6,700…
In Washington, congresswomen Jackie Speier, D-Calif., and Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., are prime sponsors of two pieces of legislation aimed at getting the amendment ratified. They recently organized a pro-ERA rally,…
Howard G. Buffett told The Associated Press that his foundation plans to give the items, which include Parks’ Presidential Medal of Freedom, to an institute or museum he hasn’t yet…
Auto sales slowed in July, pushing consumer spending down 0.1 percent for the month. It was the first drop in consumer spending since January.LM Otero/Associated Press Consumer spending edged down…
President Barack Obama listens in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington Thursday where he spoke about the economy, Iraq and Ukraine, before convening a…
President Barack Obama takes questions as he speaks about the economy, Iraq and Ukraine Thursday in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington.Charles Dharapak/Associated Press…
WHO Assistant Director-General Bruce Aylward speaks to the media during a press conference about the WHO plans to contain West Africa’s Ebola outbreak.Martial Trezzini/Associated Press Ebola has menaced Africa for…
President suggests he’s not ready to approve airstrikes inside Syria
A worker assembles construction supplies at Northeast Building Products in Philadelphia.Matt Rourke/Associated Press The upward revision supported expectations that the second half of 2014 will prove far stronger than the…
SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Bureau of Land Management will resume issuing oil and gas leases next year for federal lands in California after a new study found limited environmental…
JERUSALEM – European nations are offering to help enforce the cease-fire in the Gaza Strip, a scenario that could provide key international backing for maintaining the peace and step up…
Website says Tennessee city most resembles U.S.’s demographics
shot man by accident; no charges being filed
A Palestinian militant of Izzedine al-Qassam Brigades, military wing of Hamas, celebrates at a victory rally at destroyed houses in Shijaiyah, neighborhood of Gaza City, in the northern Gaza Strip…
