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She was hurrying down the long walk to the church with a bag in her arms and the determined look of someone who needed to get somewhere fast. At first...

By May, there will be no more elephants in the Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey circus. The circus management had originally said it would cease using e...

Are you busy next Sunday? Forget about that dinner with the in-laws. They don’t really like you and just tolerate you out of wedlock. Trust me. Here’s...

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump is often credited with distilling Jeb Bush's main electoral challenge: that he is "low energy." It fits Bush well enough (mo...

DES MOINES — Jeb Bush has a cold. "I'm losing my voice, which is not a great sign, but we'll get through this," he tells the employees gathered in the...

WASHINGTON — Michael Bloomberg's epiphany about the 2016 presidential proceedings is that what is missing is a second bossy, big-government billionair...

TOKYO (AP) — An American university student's arrest in North Korea has rekindled questions about whether a small but steady trickle of U.S. tourists ...

WASHINGTON — The first question to Hillary Clinton from an audience member during Monday night's Democratic town hall in Iowa must have been a blow fr...

WASHINGTON — Supreme Court briefs tend to be the driest of documents, stuffed with citations to precedent and recitations of lower court proceedings. ...

WASHINGTON — Of all Donald Trump's political skills, perhaps the most impressive is his ability to persuade people to support him by suspending their ...

The Snowbelt Classic continues to expand. The tournament, hosted by the Bradford Youth Hockey Club, has added the U16 Midget division to the fourth an...

CONTOOCOOK, N.H. — In the year of the angry candidate and the even angrier voter, John Kasich stands out as the self-proclaimed "prince of light and h...

For at least 17 years, the officials of Monroeville, Pa., a 30,000 population Pittsburgh suburb, have recited the Lord’s Prayer before every council m...

In electoral politics, the things that most matter are too frequently obscured by the things that most entertain. This isn’t new or novel in American ...

Explain somethin’ to me. Maybe you’re not the professional I need to converse with. Perhaps I could use a high priest, but in reality I require a foot...

WASHINGTON — The arrival of Sarah Palin brings a special something to the 2016 campaign, like a little LSD added to the punch bowl. Are we watching C-...

CONCORD, N.H. — No one in politics is better than Bill Clinton at diagnosing the mood of the electorate, of putting voters' anxieties and frustration ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The lifting of crippling international sanctions linked to Iran's nuclear program and the flurry of diplomacy that ...

WASHINGTON — China produces an astonishing number of astonishing numbers, including this: In the 20th century, America made automobiles mass-consumpti...

WASHINGTON — So you say you want a daddy for your president? OK, so maybe you didn't say it, but on a subliminal level, you may have felt it, especial...