LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas House voted 53-28 Tuesday to override Gov. Mike Beebe’s veto of a bill that would outlaw most abortions starting in the 20th week of pregnancy, hours after...

BOSTON (AP) — A college fraternity in Boston has raised more than twice the money needed to pay for a new pledge’s gender transition surgery. The Phi Alpha Tau fraternity at Emerson College...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Two high-ranking Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office officials were charged Tuesday with taking bribes in a bid rigging scheme. John P. Sens, 52, and Gerard J. Hoffman, 59,...

(AP) — Authorities said Tuesday that they’ve raised their estimate of the amount of improperly stored material at an explosives recycling company that was blamed for the evacuation of a Louisiana...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Beer lovers across the U.S. have accused Anheuser-Busch of watering down its Budweiser, Michelob and other brands, in class-action suits seeking millions in damages. The suits,...

(AP) — U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu heightened her criticism Tuesday of Gov. Bobby Jindal’s refusal to expand Louisiana’s Medicaid program, accusing the governor of putting his presidential...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Mike Beebe on Tuesday vetoed a ban on most abortions in Arkansas at 20 weeks into a pregnancy, setting up an override fight with a Republican-controlled Legislature...

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Former NBA star Dennis Rodman brought his basketball skills and flamboyant style — tattoos, nose studs and all — to the country with possibly the world’s...

LUXOR, Egypt (AP) — The terror lasted less than two minutes: Smoke poured from a hot air balloon carrying sightseers on a sunrise flight over the ancient city of Luxor, it burst in a flash of flame...

ROME (AP) — Italy emerged from elections Tuesday with no clear winner, driving markets around the world markedly lower as investors worried that one of Europe’s biggest economies would be unable...