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DETROIT (AP) — A Detroit-area man was so determined to get to Michigan from Arizona that he refused to stop and contact authorities after one of his p...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The last of the 29 Navajos who developed a code that stumped the Japanese during World War II has died. Chester Nez, of Albuqu...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supporters of legislation to protect reporters from being compelled to name confidential sources are claiming new momentum after a r...

WASHINGTON (AP) — An experimental device is letting paralyzed people drive wheelchairs simply by flicking their tongue in the right direction. Key to ...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A 12-year-old girl accused of plotting to kill a friend to curry favor with a fictional character she read stories about online shows...

OLYMPIA, Washington (AP) — The climbers who likely died last week on snow-capped Mount Rainier in Washington state had traveled from as far as Singapo...

SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle City Council unanimously passed an ordinance Monday that gradually increases the minimum wage in the city to $15, which wou...

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — It may be weeks or months — if ever — before rescuers can get on the ground to search for six climbers who likely plummeted to t...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A refashioned bill to address problems plaguing the Veterans Affairs Department should be approved by the Senate as soon as possible...

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 1 million U.S. workers and over 25,000 businesses are expected to participate in “safety stand-downs” in all 50 states thi...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Which scares you more: Hurricane Victor or Hurricane Victoria? People are slightly less likely to flee an oncoming storm with a femi...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration underestimated how much money it would need to deal with a continued increase in unaccompanied immigrant ch...

WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — Prosecutors have charged two 12-year-old southeastern Wisconsin girls with attempted first-degree homicide in the stabbing of an...

CHICAGO (AP) — Two years ago, Arrica Wallace was riddled with tumors from widely spread cervical cancer that the strongest chemotherapy and radiation ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — After less than four months at the Veterans Affairs Department, Sloan D. Gibson suddenly finds himself in charge of fixing the probl...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Highlights of The Associated Press interview Friday with Margaret Hamburg, commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration: PRESCRI...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration is updating its advice for pregnant women on the appropriate levels of mercury in seafood but Commi...

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — Lawyers for the man suspected of killing 12 people in a mass shooting at a Colorado movie theater told a judge Thursday they ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Tanning beds and sun lamps will carry new warnings that they should not be used by anyone under age 18, part of a government action ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The economic and societal harm from motor vehicle crashes amounted to a whopping $871 billion in a single year, according to a study...