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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 ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Leaders of the House and Senate intelligence committees on Sunday prodded President Barack Obama to take decisive action against wha...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Fearing a Russian invasion and occupation of Alaska, the U.S. government in the early Cold War years recruited and trained fishermen...

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumer sentiment ticked up in August, driven by greater optimism about jobs, rising incomes, and increasing wealth. Yet the i...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The case of Mehdi Nemmouche haunts U.S. intelligence officials. Nemmouche is a Frenchman who authorities say spent 11 months fightin...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal agency that had trouble launching a health insurance website last fall has a massive new project. Any glitches on this o...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States on Friday sanctioned more than 25 businesses, banks and individuals suspected of working to expand Iran’s nuclear ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. military operations in Iraq, including airstrikes and surveillance flights, have cost about $560 million since mid-June, the Pe...