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WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. public high schools have reached a milestone, an 80 percent graduation rate. Yet that still means 1 of every 5 students walks a...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress gets back to work Monday after a two-week vacation, and it's looking like lawmakers will do what they do best: the bare min...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Authorities say a tornado has killed two people in the small northeastern Oklahoma town of Quapaw. Ottawa County sheriff's dispat...

NEWARK, Ohio (AP) — A terminally ill woman with inoperable pancreatic cancer was able to see her 17-year-old daughter graduate from high school during...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The United States and the Philippines have reached a 10-year pact that would allow a larger U.S. military presence in this ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Opening the first visit to Malaysia by a U.S. president in nearly half a century, Barack Obama looked ahead Saturday to ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Jerry Starr thought he was taking the safe approach when a twister was reported heading toward his suburban neighborhood outside ...

BUNKERVILLE, Nev. (AP) — For a while, in certain quarters, Cliven Bundy was celebrated as a throwback to the Old West — a weathered, plainspoken ranch...

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker John Boehner drew criticism from left and right Friday over comments mocking his own Republican lawmakers for their re...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A campaign to allow Israelis to enter the United States without a visa is gaining steam in Congress, but is still running into a bri...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A 16-year-old girl was stabbed to death inside a Connecticut high school Friday, and police were investigating whether a boy at...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Less than an hour after arriving in South Korea, President Barack Obama solemnly laid a wreath at a memorial honoring Americ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials said Friday that Russian fighter jets flew into Ukrainian airspace a handful of times over the last 24 hours, in what...

KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — When they moved from Georgia to the theme park playground of central Florida four years ago, Anthony and Candice Johnson found ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — With concealed weapons now legal in all 50 states, the National Rifle Association's focus at this week's annual meeting is less ab...

NEW YORK (AP) — Health officials are worried about recent U.S. measles outbreaks that so far have caused more illnesses than at the same point of any ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government wants to ban sales of electronic cigarettes to minors and require approval for new products and health warnin...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Federal Communications Commission is set to propose new Internet rules that would allow Internet service providers to charge co...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Fresh voices in the U.S. Senate are speaking loudly on foreign policy, a new generation of Republicans and Democrats who reflect a w...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health regulators have cleared a genetic test from Roche as the first ever U.S.-approved alternative to the Pap smear, the d...