Nation/World

EDITOR'S NOTE — The death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman underscored a troubling development: Heroin, long a scourge of the back alleys of American l...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lacking congressional support to raise wages or end gender pay disparities, President Barack Obama is again imposing his policies on...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghans and the international community hailed its presidential election as a triumph of democracy over violence Sunday, des...

PERTH, Australia (AP) — A British navy ship with sophisticated sound-locating equipment arrived Monday in a patch of the southern Indian Ocean to dete...

DANVILLE, Pa. (AP) — An early morning farmhouse fire in north-central Pennsylvania killed three children, ages 2 to 13, authorities said. The fire was...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania's new "impact fee" on the booming natural gas drilling industry is expected to generate $224.5 million from wells ...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan voters lined up for blocks at polling stations nationwide on Saturday, defying a threat of violence by the Taliban to...

CINCINNATI (AP) — A federal judge said Friday that he will order Ohio to recognize out-of-state gay marriages, a move that would strike down part of t...

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A longtime aide to Gov. Chris Christie gave testimony Friday to a federal grand jury in New Jersey in a probe of politically moti...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit against Obama administration officials for the 2011 drone-strike killings of three U.S...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A retired general chosen to explore flaws in U.S. nuclear forces signed off one year ago on a study describing the nuclear Air Force...

CASABLANCA, Morocco (AP) — The Obama administration will reevaluate its role in foundering Middle East peace talks following actions by both Israel an...

PERTH, Australia (AP) — The search for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet entered a new stage Friday when navy ships deployed stingray-shaped sound loc...

FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — Unstable mental health may be a "fundamental, underlying cause" of a soldier's shooting rampage at Fort Hood that left four pe...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Two Afghan women shrouded in black emerged from a campaign rally carrying bundles of sticks with pieces of torn posters stil...

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers added jobs at a solid pace in March and hired more in January and February than previously thought. Friday's governme...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan police commander opened fire Friday on two Associated Press journalists inside a security forces base in eastern A...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration on Thursday defended its creation of a Twitter-like Cuban communications network to undermine the communist...