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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The magic number for the U.S. cities hoping to host the 2024 Olympics is $5 billion. Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was released from the hospital Thursday after having a heart stent implanted to clear a blocked artery, ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama spent a quiet Thanksgiving at the White House where the belly-stuffing menu featured all the holiday’s basics...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Police Department is updating its tally of arrests from a third night of demonstrations linked to the shooting prot...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Many immigrants in the United States illegally who apply for work permits under President Barack Obama’s new executive actions would...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Before the holiday wish lists and mad buying rush each year comes a dose of nostalgia with the National Toy Hall of Fame’s annu...

NEW YORK (AP) — Turkey, stuffing and a helium-filled Thomas the Tank Engine are on the menu as friends and families gather across the United States to...

WASHINGTON (AP) — An experimental Ebola vaccine appears safe and triggered signs of immune protection in the first 20 volunteers to test it, U.S. rese...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The fate of President Barack Obama’s proposal to end bulk collection of American phone records by the National Security Agency was i...

NEW YORK (AP) — What does it take to Ebola-proof a hospital? Over the past few months, U.S. medical centers have spent millions of dollars putting tog...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Nancy Pelosi overcame gripes about Democrats’ losing campaign messages and breezed to re-election Tuesday as House minority lea...

WASHINGTON (AP) — With terrorists beheading Americans, President Barack Obama has ordered a review of how the United States responds when citizens are...

WASHINGTON (AP) — With limited time still in power, President Barack Obama is staking his final two years on climate change, pushing the issue to the ...

LONDON (AP) — Bill Clinton tried. So did George W. Bush. Neither succeeded. As President Barack Obama’s own second term winds down, he is getting clos...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Four people died during a storm that dumped more than 4 feet of snow around Buffalo and forced 150 motorists, including a women’s...

NEW YORK (AP) — The cold is back, and with it, rising heating bills. This winter was expected to bring much lower bills than last year because it wasn...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Travelers heading through southeast Alabama to Florida Panhandle beaches could have a smoother route by the spring unless resi...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The government has the power to hold drone operators accountable when they operate the remote-control aircraft recklessly, a federal...

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s brash, say-it-like-it-is persona has made him a political celebrity. But as he relinquishes hi...

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