An online Kickstarter campaign to save Dorothy’s ruby slippers from the “Wizard of Oz” has already reached its goal of raising $300,000 to help the Smithsonian National Museum of American…
The Ludington Daily News reports that the sundae measuring a little over 2,970 feet in length and fed thousands of people lining eight blocks in the Lake Michigan town. House…
Defense Secretary Ash Carter promised Tuesday to take action to resolve the cases of thousands of California National Guard who have been asked to repay signing bonuses they received illegally…
emails, diversity measured among staff
A patron smokes a cigarette inside a bar in New Orleans hours before a smoking ban takes effect in bars, gambling halls and many other public places.Gerald Herbert/Associated Press The…
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with local farmers at Bedners Farm Fresh Market in Boynton Beach, Fla.Evan Vucci/Associated Press Trump’s team concedes both publicly and privately…
Associated Press and USA TODAY Network Hours earlier, he was a happy 4-year-old who loved Ironman and the Hulk and all the Avengers. Now, as Bryson Mees-Hernandez approached death in…
The Las Vegas Review-Journal became the first major newspaper to endorse Donald Trump for president this election season, stating that, while the candidate has flaws, he’ll bring needed disruption and…
U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter arrives in Baghdad, Iraq, to meet with his commanders and assess the progress in the opening days of the operation to retake the city of…
Bighorn sheep graze along the roadside in the Big Thompson Canyon near Loveland on April 22. The herd is rebounding after being hit by pneumonia in the late 1990s.Jackie Hutchins/Loveland…
Pence, pumpkins get rousing reception in Ohio
Burning sulfur plant fire draping towns in toxic smoke
Dyn, a New Hampshire internet service company, reported a denial-of-service attack Friday morning that disrupted internet access to several websites and the New York Times.Jim Cole/Associated Press Dyn Inc. reported…
Islamic State militants armed with assault rifles and explosives attacked targets in and around the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk early on Friday.Rudaw TV via Associated Press At least 13…
Defense secretary agrees Iraq would need to OK proposal
The guided missile destroyer USS Decatur, right, pulls into position behind the Military Sealift Command Matthew Perry, during an exercise in the South China Sea.Petty Officer 2nd Class Will Gaskill…
Manchester, New Hampshire-based Dyn, Inc. said its server infrastructure was hit by a distributed denial-of-service attack, which works by overwhelming targeted machines with junk traffic. Dyn said in a series…
From the ground, the cigar-shaped replacements look much like their predecessors. Though they still use helium and bear the blue-and-gold Goodyear logo, they aren’t technically blimps because they have a…
A man fills out a job application at a job fair in Miami Lakes, Fla.Lynne Sladky/Associated Press file The Labor Department said Friday employers cut jobs in four swing states…
Scientists want to get better understanding of ice loss
