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WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans, riding high after capturing the majority, said Wednesday that a top priority in 2016 will be defeating Democrati...

ATLANTA (AP) — Some black political leaders think Democratic candidates who distanced themselves from President Barack Obama sapped enthusiasm among A...

DETROIT (AP) — The Arctic chill is gripping the Rockies and Upper Midwest — and it’s crawling east. Sharp drops in temperature are expected in other p...

NEW YORK (AP) — Pets that have been in close contact with Ebola-infected people should be quarantined and — if they test positive — euthanized, accord...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A group of Yellowstone National Park bison are due to finally arrive at their permanent home on a northeastern Montana American...

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (AP) — In Myanmar’s remote capital, President Barack Obama is confronting a nation backsliding in its pledges to enact economic and...

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than a million small drone aircraft have been sold in the past few years, and a growing number of them are turning up in the sk...

WASHINGTON (AP) — New Republican senators who sometimes breathed tea-party fire as candidates are adopting a more moderate tone as they enter Congress...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Call it a high-stakes political poker game, with the Louisiana Senate seat the big prize. Three-term Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu, ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration told Congress Wednesday that a $6.2 billion emergency aid request to fight Ebola is crucial to tackling the...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Supporters of a higher minimum wage are hoping lawmakers and Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo tackle the issue in a lame-duck legislat...

NEW YORK (AP) — Trapped on a dangling scaffold 69 stories up the 1 World Trade Center tower, two window washers were rescued Wednesday by firefighters...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday considered placing new limits on how states can assess income tax on money that residents earn across...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for a man convicted of killing Washington intern Chandra Levy returned to court Wednesday as part of their pitch to a judge ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Gym classes that promise a plump posterior are in high demand. A surgery that pumps fat into the buttocks is gaining popularity. And p...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Federal investigators are looking into allegations of discrimination, retaliation and a sexually hostile work environment in t...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A rural New York wedding venue whose owners were fined $13,000 for refusing to host a lesbian wedding has stopped booking ceremoni...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — As many as 18,000 nurses, who are in the midst of contract negotiations, have walked off the job and are picketing in front of Ka...

BODEGA BAY, Calif. (AP) — A 4-year-old boy suffered broken bones but survived falling more than 200 feet from a seaside cliff and landing on a rocky b...

WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — Massachusetts prosecutors on Monday urged a judge to keep a man suspected of raping women in several states locked up while he...