A potentially epic clash over transgender rights took shape Monday when North Carolina and the federal government sued each other over the state's new bathroom law. "This is not a North Carolina issue. It is now a national issue," North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory, a Republican who is up for re-election...
For American high school students, prom is a rite of passage, an affair full of pomp and hormones and clumsy dancing. The eagerly awaited event is often dangled in front of mischievous students as a reward for staying out of trouble until the end of the school year.A suspension means no prom, some...
North Korea's ruling-party congress on Monday announced a new title for Kim Jong Un, party chairman, in a move that highlights how the authoritarian country's first congress in 36 years is aimed at bolstering the young leader. The news emerged Monday during the roughly 10 minutes that a small group...
The yearbook photo showed a young woman in hijab, the speckled headscarf framing her smiling face in front of a sunny schoolyard. Underneath, a caption read: "Isis Phillips, 11th." For years, Isis has been among the 700 most popular girls' names in the United States, according to the U.S. Social...
For years, the mystery woman had been living a life of luxury, allegedly all on someone else's dime. She went under various names, authorities say, Maria Hendricks, Gia Hendricks, Maria Christina Gia, or Maria Hainka. Capitalizing on her good looks, authorities alleged, the "prolific" serial fraudster...
"Once a Porcellian always a Porcellian," read a 1940 Time Magazine story about the oldest of Harvard University's secretive, all-male "finals clubs." "Porkies keep up their Porkie friendships all their lives, go back religiously to the annual Porkie banquet at which new members are initiated ....
A wide-open door at the Big Country Chateau led off-duty police officer Donna Lesher to Eugene Ellison.
A foul-mouthed, crime-busting mayor is the man to beat in Monday's presidential election in the Philippines as voters weary of poverty, corruption and insurgencies in the hinterlands look for a radical change at the top. Rodrigo Duterte, the mayor of the southern Davao city, has led in voter-preference...
Authorities say two young brothers have died after being pulled from a river in Colorado. The Larimer County Sheriff's office says the boys were recovered unresponsive after falling into the Little Thompson River Sunday afternoon and couldn't be revived. Lt. Bobby Moll says the boys are both are...
Authorities in Utah say four people were hurt Sunday when a Salt Lake City-area passenger train derailed. A spokesman for South Salt Lake police said at least two people aboard the light rail train were in serious condition after the derailment. Spokesman Gary Keller said in a news release all...
A large storm that brought a series of tornadoes to eastern Colorado has dumped up to a foot of snow in Wyoming and is bringing severe weather to the Great Plains as it pushes east. National Weather Service forecaster Timothy Trudel said Sunday a foot of snow had fallen on mountain ranges about...
Questions arose on both sides of the border about the decision to relocate convicted drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman to a region that is one of his cartel's strongholds, and a Mexican security official acknowledged Sunday that the sudden transfer was to a less-secure prison. The official said...
U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King Jr. wants colleges to stop asking applicants about their criminal histories early in the admissions process, he will announce at UCLA on Monday. Asking applicants for information about their criminal history can prevent them from finishing their applications,...
One of the top reasons voters have flocked to Donald Trump’s campaign has been because the tough-talking businessman “tells it like it is," polls have shown.
In the end, it was the voters of Indiana last week who effectively gave the country the outcome that had loomed for months. The 2016 election will likely put Hillary Clinton, who is disliked by a majority of voters, against Donald Trump, disliked by another and more intense majority of