Nation/World

WASHINGTON (AP) — Promising to help America's middle class, President Barack Obama on Monday sent Congress a record $4 trillion budget that would hamm...

BOSTON (AP) — Forecasters from Philadelphia to Portland, Maine, have warned that "flash freezing" could make roads dangerously slippery a day after sn...

TOKYO (AP) — The killing of two Japanese taken hostage by the Islamic State group has savagely driven home the high stakes Japan faces and limited opt...

TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird will be announcing his resignation from the Cabinet on Tuesday, a senior government official said....

DEBALTSEVE, Ukraine (AP) — As Ukrainian troops fought Monday to defend a strategic railway hub, Russian-backed separatists pledged to boost the size o...

TOKYO (AP) — A campaign within the United Nations to haul North Korean leader Kim Jong Un before an international court for crimes against humanity ha...

PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) — The handlers of Pennsylvania's most famous groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, said Monday the furry rodent has forecast six more w...

BOSTON (AP) — Another winter storm inflicted fresh misery on the Northeast on Monday, causing the cancellation of flights, classes and major court cas...

PINEDALE, Wyo. (AP) — The new sheriff of a Wyoming county has banned his deputies from wearing cowboy hats and cowboy boots, a change that led one lon...

ATLANTA (AP) — Messages of support were being offered Monday as people awaited word on singer Whitney Houston's daughter, who authorities say was foun...

NEW YORK (AP) — Forget slapstick and sex in Super Bowl ads: This year, serious was the name of the game. Nationwide ran an ad on preventable childhood...

RICHMOND, Calif. (AP) — In December, the openly gay, white police chief of this tough, minority-dominated Northern California city held up a sign read...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee on Sunday said being gay is akin to choosing to drink alcohol or use profanity — lifestyle choice...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The $4 trillion budget that President Barack Obama sends Congress on Monday proposes higher taxes on wealthier Americans and corpora...

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Thousands of immigrants seeking legalization through the U.S. court system have had their hearings canceled and are being told by t...

CHICAGO (AP) — A slow-moving winter storm blanketed a large swath of the Plains and Midwest in snow Sunday, forcing the cancellation of more than 1,00...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A pair of American and Russian pilots has traveled farther and longer in a gas balloon than anyone in history, trying to elim...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — More measles cases have been found in California, health officials said Friday. Figures released by the California Department of Pu...