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Mitt Romney rejoins Marriott board
Former presidential candidate and Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney is rejoining Marriott International's board of directors. He's held the post with ...
Brinksmanship on Obama Medicaid expansion for poor
It's health care brinksmanship, with hundreds of billions of dollars and the well-being of millions of people at stake. President Barack Obama's ...
Signal problems preceded NJ train derailment
A signal may have malfunctioned on a southern New Jersey bridge where a train derailed, causing a hazardous chemical to spew into the air and leading ...
Minn. police officer fatally shot in 'ambush'
Even for those who didn't know him, the fatal ambush of a local police officer provoked tears Friday for residents of the small central Minnesota ...
Police: Wyo. murder-suicide happened during class
A man wielding a sharp-edged weapon killed one person in a Casper neighborhood Friday before killing a male teacher and himself in front of students ...
Gay marriage before Supreme Court? Cases weighed
The running fight over gay marriage is shifting from the ballot box to the Supreme Court. Three weeks after voters backed same-sex marriage in three ...
Wife turns up heat as US man stuck in Cuba prison
Almost three years after her husband was arrested and jailed in Cuba, Judy Gross still talks to Americans who haven't heard his story. Now she is ...
Old party returns to govern changed Mexico
The political party that ruled Mexico for seven straight decades is back, assuring Mexicans there's no chance of a return to what some called "the ...
Former SD Gov. Rounds announces run for US Senate
Former Republican Gov. Mike Rounds announced plans Thursday to seek South Dakota's U.S. Senate seat, setting up a 2014 battle between two men who have ...
What we know about Superstorm Sandy a month later
Superstorm Sandy wreaked havoc on parts of the U.S. East Coast a month ago Thursday after tearing through the Caribbean. In the weeks since, the ...
The reward for surviving Sandy may be higher taxes
Superstorm Sandy may have one more nasty surprise still to come: higher taxes. The math is simple and cruel. The storm left fewer properties standing, ...
NY mayor seeks more disaster aid for Sandy victims
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg appealed to congressional leaders Wednesday for quick action on providing tens of billions of dollars in new ...
NJ places Sandy costs at $37B in seeking US aid
Gov. Chris Christie on Wednesday raised the estimate of New Jersey's costs of recovering and rebuilding from Superstorm Sandy to nearly $37 billion ...
Ex-treasurer to Democrats receives 8-year sentence
A former Democratic campaign treasurer was sentenced Wednesday to more than eight years in federal prison for defrauding high-profile clients such as ...
Suit targets 'locator' chips in Texas student IDs
To 15-year-old Andrea Hernandez, the tracking microchip embedded in her student ID card is a "mark of the beast," sacrilege to her Christian faith — ...
Record Powerball result of changes to boost sales
The historic Powerball jackpot boosted to $500 million on Tuesday was all part of a plan lottery officials put in place early this year to build ...
30 Tenn. courthouses receive bomb threats
Bomb threats to 30 courthouses and other government buildings across Tennessee forced many to be evacuated Tuesday, including the federal building in ...
Sweeping changes suggested for Pa. child abuse law
Pennsylvania should enact sweeping changes to its child abuse laws, including stronger penalties for failing to report the crime, a legislative ...
APNewsBreak: Senators ask Obama to protect river
A group of U.S. senators will ask President Barack Obama for an emergency declaration in an effort to keep barges moving on the drought-riddled ...
Cuomo likens Katrina, Sandy as damage total soars
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo declared Superstorm Sandy in some ways worse than 2005's Hurricane Katrina as he said his state would need $42 billion to ...
NJ Gov. Christie's focus: Rebuilding, re-election
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie plans to spend the next year leading efforts to rebuild his home state after Superstorm Sandy — and running for ...
Another blow for state's anti-eavesdropping law
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday delivered another blow to a 50-year-old anti-eavesdropping law in Illinois, choosing to let stand a lower court ...
Report: Obama health law a good deal for states
States will receive more than $9 in federal money for every $1 they spend to cover low-income residents under President Barack Obama's health care ...