WRIGHTWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Thousands of people ordered to flee their homes because of a 7,000-acre wildfire near a Southern California mountain town were allowed to return Tuesday as cool, calm weather...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A house capable of floating atop rising floodwaters made its debut Tuesday in New Orleans alongside more than a dozen other homes built through actor Brad Pitt's Make It Right...
(AP) — A $101 million upgrade to state computer systems became a flashpoint Tuesday in the debate on how to cut government costs, with Gov. Bobby Jindal's top budget adviser saying the contract could...
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A top suspect wanted for orchestrating athe killings of thousands of people in Rwanda's 1994 genocide — including children, hospital patients, priests and even an elderly...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Obama on Tuesday ruled out shrinking the Afghanistan war to a counterterrorism campaign. Yet he did not signal whether he is prepared to send any more troops to the war...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Same-sex couples would be allowed to marry in the nation's capital under a bill introduced Tuesday by a District of Columbia councilman.The bill was almost certain to pass and had...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Illegal sex is a problem in Kansas prisons, but it's not as widespread as inmates and staff suggest, the state's top prisons official said Monday.Corrections Secretary Roger Werholtz...
PADANG, Indonesia (AP) — Helicopters dropped instant noodles and other aid to cutoff hillside communities that were without food for five days, as rescue workers gave up their search Monday for survivors...
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — The interim Honduran government on Monday revoked an emergency decree that prohibited large street protests and limited other civil liberties following the return of...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court declined a challenge to the way the death penalty is imposed in Louisiana, rejecting an appeal by a woman convicted for her role in a brutal New Year's Day attack...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama won't walk away from the flagging war in Afghanistan, the White House declared Monday as Obama faced tough decisions — and intense administration debate...
(AP) — State Treasurer John Kennedy believes the state's public four-year universities should be governed by one board to help cut costs. But he disagrees with any suggestions to limit spending under...
