
Kerry tamps down anxiety over NKorea missile power
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivered a stark warning to North Korea on Friday not to test-fire a mid-range missile, while tamping down anxiety ...

Congressman: Tweet calling Lauper 'hot' a prank
Sometimes, congressmen just want to have fun. Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., said he wasn't flirting with singer Cyndi Lauper earlier this week when he ...
Change in Justice's naming practice in some cases
The Justice Department is changing its practice of publicly naming some business executives who haven't been charged criminally in price-fixing and ...

Obama presents service trophy to Navy football
President Barack Obama says Navy's triumph in its annual football battle with Army and Air Force is getting to be a habit. Presenting the ...

Taliban attack kills 13 Afghan soldiers
Taliban militants stormed an Afghan army outpost on Friday, killing more than a dozen soldiers in an area that is a major infiltration route for ...

New details emerge in deadly Afghan attack
New details emerged Friday about last week's terrorist bombing in Afghanistan that killed a young U.S. diplomat and four other Americans who were ...
Jewell sworn in as Interior secretary
Sally Jewell has been sworn in as Interior secretary, replacing Ken Salazar, who stepped down after more than four years as head of the agency ...
Liberal Ky. group tied to secret McConnell tape
A liberal political fundraising group in Kentucky is being tied to a secret recording of a campaign meeting held by U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell in which ...
Organic apples, pears to be antibiotic-free
The organic apples you buy in the grocery store will soon be free of a widely used antibiotic. The National Organic Standards Board late Thursday ...

House passes GOP bill to halt Labor Board action
The House on Friday passed a bill to prevent the National Labor Relations Board from conducting much of its business until a dispute over the ...
US tries to tamp down new concerns over NKorea
The White House is trying to tamp down concern over a new intelligence report showing North Korea could arm a ballistic missile with a nuclear warhead
New film boosts immigration fight
The immigration overhaul pending before Congress is picking up more high-profile support as Apple co-founder Steve Jobs' widow, Laurene Powell Jobs, ...
JPMorgan CEO: 'Work to do' on controls, compliance
Jamie Dimon, head of JPMorgan Chase, says that grappling with new regulations and strengthening internal controls are the bank's top priorities.
Newtown victim's mom to give Obama weekly address
The White House says the mother of a Newtown shooting victim will deliver the weekly presidential radio and Internet address. President Barack Obama ...

FDA finds safety issues at specialty pharmacies
The Food and Drug Administration says it has uncovered potential safety problems at 30 specialty pharmacies that were inspected in the wake of a ...

Treasury Secretary Lew meets with Boehner, Pelosi
Treasury Secretary Jack Lew is meeting on Capitol Hill Friday with House Speaker John Boehner and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. The Treasury ...

Greenhouse gases make high temps hotter in China
China, the world's largest producer of carbon dioxide, is directly feeling the man-made heat of global warming, scientists conclude in the first study ...

Wholesale prices drop 0.6 percent in March
A measure of wholesale prices fell in March by the largest amount in 10 months, reflecting a big drop in gasoline prices. The producer price index ...

Army chaplain gets posthumous Medal of Honor
President Barack Obama awarded the Medal of Honor Thursday to an Army chaplain from Kansas who risked his life dodging gunfire to provide medical and ...

APNewsBreak: Immigration bill could exclude many
Bipartisan immigration legislation emerging in the Senate could prevent hundreds of thousands of immigrants in the U.S. illegally from ever becoming ...

Pentagon: NKorea could launch nuclear missile
A U.S. intelligence report concludes that North Korea has advanced its nuclear knowhow to the point that it could arm a ballistic missile with a ...

Ex-KPMG partner hit with civil, criminal charges
It has shades of a Hollywood crime story. An accountant and a jeweler are longtime friends and golf partners. But then the down-on-his-luck jeweler ...

Gun control bill clears its first hurdle in Senate
Congress' most serious gun-control effort in years cleared its first hurdle Thursday as the Senate pushed past conservatives' attempted blockade under ...
Report: Afghan militants could get contract funds
Militant groups in Afghanistan could still obtain U.S. government contracts and siphon off American taxpayer dollars because administrative flaws and ...

GOP lawmakers subpoena emails of Labor nominee
GOP lawmakers have subpoenaed the private emails of Labor secretary-nominee Thomas Perez, a possible sticking point ahead of his Senate confirmation ...