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WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans claimed a commanding majority in the House on Tuesday, pushing their dominance to near-historic levels as they dispatche...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker won re-election over Democratic challenger Mary Burke Tuesday, overcoming fierce oppositio...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Three federal appeals court judges struggled Tuesday over whether the National Security Agency's phone data surveillance program is ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Russian member of the Taliban made his first appearance in a federal court in Virginia on Tuesday, marking the first time a mil...

MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — The Ebola outbreak has spawned a "silent killer," experts say: hidden cases of malaria, pneumonia, typhoid and the like that ...

BEIRUT (AP) — Ethnic Kurds are helping members of the Islamic State group in the battle for the key Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani, sharing their knowl...

BOSTON (AP) — Tom Magliozzi, one half of the brother duo who hosted National Public Radio's "Car Talk" where they bantered with callers and commiserat...

WASHINGTON (AP) — On the eve of an election that will decide the Senate majority, it's time for closing arguments and an all-out effort to motivate pe...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Brittany Maynard stuck by her decision. The woman with brain cancer who revived a national debate about physician-assisted suici...

BAGHDAD (AP) — Islamic State group militants publicly shot dead 36 Sunni tribesmen, women and children Monday, an Iraqi official and a tribal leader s...

CAIRO (AP) — U.S. Arab allies Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait are discussing the creation of a military pact to take on Islam...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — An experimental rocket ship broke apart in flight over California's Mojave Desert after a device to slow the space plane's descent ...

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Moscow offered warm support Monday for rebel-organized elections in eastern Ukraine — an endorsement that could only serve to kee...

WASHINGTON (AP) — On the eve of an election that will decide the Senate majority, it's time for closing arguments and an all-out effort to motivate pe...

STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Top medical experts studying the spread of Ebola say the public should expect more cases to emerge in the United States by yea...

MILFORD, Pa. (AP) — Onlookers shouted "Are you sorry?" and "Why did you do it?" as a gaunt and battered-looking Eric Frein — the survivalist suspected...

WASHINGTON (AP) — After millions of Americans vote next week, it's possible that one or two men will decide which party controls the Senate. One is Se...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A small plane lost power after takeoff and crashed into a flight-training building while trying to return to a Kansas airport Thu...