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DOSWELL, Va. (AP) — People in the University of Richmond community prepared for graduation Sunday with heavy hearts after the revelation that two athl...

WASHINGTON (AP) — To congressional Republicans, "Benghazi" is shorthand for incompetence and cover-up. Democrats hear it is as the hollow sound of poi...

STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — The bar cars on trains between Manhattan and Connecticut were making their final run Friday after decades as a gathering place ...

DOSWELL, Va. (AP) — The body of one occupant of a hot air balloon that caught fire and crashed has been recovered and police searched Saturday for two...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Technicians have finished installing solar panels on the White House roof, capping a project that President Barack Obama hopes will ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — Flanked by bargain-priced displays of women's wear and patio lighting, President Barack Obama came to a Wal-Mart store in...

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man shot his wife and two teenage children in the head, then scattered gasoline and fireworks around the mansion they ren...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Creators of the Common Application for college admissions said Friday they have made changes that should prevent snags that had the ...

HEARNE, Texas (AP) — Friends say 93-year-old Pearlie Golden still shopped at the grocery store and greeted friends with a jubilant "Hey, baby!" Now th...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Noah sailed past Jacob to become the most popular baby name for boys in 2013, ending Jacob's 14-year run at the top. Sophia was the ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — U.S. corn growers may surpass last year's record production despite lesser acreage devoted to the grain, but corn prices later in the...

BRUSSELS (AP) — Russia's ongoing confrontation with the West has ignited debate inside and outside the U.S.-led NATO alliance about what its responsib...

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The international effort to rescue the 276 schoolgirls being held captive by Islamic extremists in northeastern Nigeria was boos...

NEW YORK (AP) — Thousands of vacuum-sealed plastic pouches filled with bits of bone rest in a Manhattan laboratory. These are the last unidentified fr...

DENVER (AP) — Frustrated by the cash-heavy aspect of its new marijuana industry, Colorado is trying a long-shot bid to create the world's first financ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans on Thursday prepared to ram through their demand for a new investigation of the deadly assault in Benghazi, Libya,...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A House committee voted Thursday to subpoena records relating to a waiting list at the Phoenix veterans hospital, and officials said...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals agreed Thursday to a six-month stay of execution for a death row inmate while an investiga...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell 26,000 last week to 319,000, the latest sign that the job market is slowl...

TORONTO (AP) — The mystery of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's whereabouts deepened Tuesday, following reports that he did not enter the United States as expe...