APOPKA, Florida — Many of the single-family homes in the Piedmont Park neighborhood of Apopka, Florida, used to be owned by families — the Vargases and the Townes, the Pierces and the Riddles. Now, they’re owned by Blackstone, American Homes 4 Rent and Colony Starwood Homes, companies associ…
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve is keeping U.S. interest rates at record lows in the face of threats from a weak global economy, persistently low inflation and unstable financial markets.
ZION NATIONAL PARK, Utah — The same unique geological quirks that lure people to the majestic slot canyons of the desert Southwest also make them deadly.
TOVARNIK, Croatia — Thousands of people are pouring into Croatia, turning that nation into the latest hotspot in the 1,000-mile plus exodus toward Western Europe after Hungary used tear gas, batons and water cannons to keep migrants out of its territory.
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — While gunfire rang out in the streets, Burkina Faso's military took to the airwaves Thursday to declare it now controls the West African country, confirming that a coup has taken place just weeks before elections.
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve is keeping U.S. interest rates at record lows in the face of threats from a weak global economy, persistently…
ZION NATIONAL PARK, Utah — The same unique geological quirks that lure people to the majestic slot canyons of the desert Southwest also make t…
TOVARNIK, Croatia — Thousands of people are pouring into Croatia, turning that nation into the latest hotspot in the 1,000-mile plus exodus to…
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — While gunfire rang out in the streets, Burkina Faso's military took to the airwaves Thursday to declare it now con…
DENVER — Democratic presidential hopeful Martin O'Malley is meeting with the marijuana industry in Colorado as he promotes his plan to see the…
IRVING, Texas — One of the largest Muslim groups in Texas said Thursday that it does not fault police and school officials who handcuffed and …
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve is keeping U.S. interest rates at record lows in the face of threats from a weak global economy, persistently low inflation and unstable financial markets.
ZION NATIONAL PARK, Utah — The same unique geological quirks that lure people to the majestic slot canyons of the desert Southwest also make them deadly.
TOVARNIK, Croatia — Thousands of people are pouring into Croatia, turning that nation into the latest hotspot in the 1,000-mile plus exodus toward Western Europe after Hungary used tear gas, batons and water cannons to keep migrants out of its territory.
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — While gunfire rang out in the streets, Burkina Faso's military took to the airwaves Thursday to declare it now controls the West African country, confirming that a coup has taken place just weeks before elections.
DENVER — Democratic presidential hopeful Martin O'Malley is meeting with the marijuana industry in Colorado as he promotes his plan to see the federal government soften its prohibition on the drug.
IRVING, Texas — One of the largest Muslim groups in Texas said Thursday that it does not fault police and school officials who handcuffed and suspended a 14-year-old Muslim boy after he brought a homemade clock to class that they mistook for a possible bomb.
DENVER — Democratic presidential hopeful Martin O'Malley is meeting with the marijuana industry in Colorado as he promotes his plan to see the…
IRVING, Texas — One of the largest Muslim groups in Texas said Thursday that it does not fault police and school officials who handcuffed and …
WASHINGTON — House Republican leaders scrambled on Thursday to head off a politically damaging government shutdown in two weeks over rebelliou…
SAN ANTONIO — Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl’s platoon leader said Thursday that the entire platoon was left “emotionally busted” by the physically a…
COQUIMBO, Chile — Parts of this port city were a disaster zone Thursday after an 8.3-magnitude quake hit off the coast, killing at least 11 pe…
JERUSALEM — A rectangular hilltop compound in Jerusalem is ground zero of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
TOVARNIK, Croatia — Croatia staggered Thursday as thousands of asylum-seekers poured in from Serbia. Dozens were injured or trampled in a mad …
HAVANA — Seventeen years ago, a newly named Argentine archbishop laid out his thoughts on the meaning of a papal visit to Cuba.
FAIRFAX, Va. — A psychologist is expected to testify about some of the bizarre behavior of a man charged with killing three Alexandria residen…
WASHINGTON — House Republican leaders scrambled on Thursday to head off a politically damaging government shutdown in two weeks over rebelliou…
SAN ANTONIO — Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl’s platoon leader said Thursday that the entire platoon was left “emotionally busted” by the physically a…
COQUIMBO, Chile — Parts of this port city were a disaster zone Thursday after an 8.3-magnitude quake hit off the coast, killing at least 11 pe…
JERUSALEM — A rectangular hilltop compound in Jerusalem is ground zero of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
TOVARNIK, Croatia — Croatia staggered Thursday as thousands of asylum-seekers poured in from Serbia. Dozens were injured or trampled in a mad …
HAVANA — Seventeen years ago, a newly named Argentine archbishop laid out his thoughts on the meaning of a papal visit to Cuba.
FAIRFAX, Va. — A psychologist is expected to testify about some of the bizarre behavior of a man charged with killing three Alexandria residen…
KATHMANDU, Nepal — After a decade of political infighting and violent protests, the long-awaited passage of Nepal's constitution should be a r…
CAMBRIDGE — Officials say it took about 60 firefighters more than two hours to extinguish a fire at a Cambridge church.
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — Along with the back-and-forth bickering over Donald Trump, the Republican presidential contest took a substantive and se…
NEW YORK — Stocks posted solid gains Wednesday ahead of a closely watched decision by the Federal Reserve on whether or not to raise interest rates.
LONDON — The makers of Budweiser aren’t satisfied with being the kings of beer. They want an empire.
WASHINGTON — The wallets of America’s middle class and poorest aren’t seeing any extra money, the U.S. Census reported Wednesday, a financial …
WASHINGTON — Two years after the shooting at the Washington Navy Yard, families whose loved ones died are filing multimillion-dollar lawsuits …
U.S. homebuilders are feeling slightly more optimistic about the housing market, nudging their confidence this month to a level not seen since…
BALTIMORE — A man caught on video setting fire to a CVS store during a riot in Baltimore has pleaded guilty to federal charges.
WASHINGTON — U.S. consumer prices edged down in August, marking the first decline in seven months and fueled by a big drop in gasoline prices.
ANNAPOLIS — Maryland's Board of Public Works has approved a $100,000 grant for a memorial to abolitionist Frederick Douglass.
ANNAPOLIS — Anne Arundel County Public Schools is proposing to replace end-of-semester high school final exams with quarterly assessments.
TOWSON — Baltimore County Police have identified a man whose body was found in the Back River near Dundalk four years ago.
MIDDLETOWN, Calif. — A former police reporter whose home in a small Northern California town was destroyed by a raging wildfire was reported m…
DENVER — Marijuana consumers were taking advantage of a tax holiday in Colorado on Wednesday, with some lining up early for doorbuster-style deals.
BALTIMORE — A Baltimore woman has been indicted on charges of stealing nearly $200,000 in Social Security benefits after a friend died.
CATONSVILLE — Maryland State Police say a man was killed and four men were hurt when a car crashed into a disabled pickup truck on I-95.
NEW YORK — Federal prosecutors have reached an agreement with General Motors to resolve a criminal investigation into how the Detroit automake…
BALTIMORE — Police say a Baltimore officer was found dead in the city's Inner Harbor, where the man lived on a houseboat.
BEL AIR — A Maryland nonprofit law center says staffers at a Harford County special education program abused elementary school children by spr…
DETROIT — A tentative contract agreement reached Tuesday between the United Auto Workers and Fiat Chrysler addresses pay and health care issue…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Target is going on a health kick, aimed at both customers and its employees.
BALTIMORE — Anne Arundel County police believe the same man committed two sexual assaults a 14 months apart in Glen Burnie.
McALESTER, Okla. — An appeals court halted the execution of an Oklahoma man with just hours to spare Wednesday after his attorneys said they h…
HOUSTON — Lawyers for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who faces military charges for leaving his post in Afghanistan, are likely to argue at his initial c…
ZION NATIONAL PARK, Utah — Seven hikers who entered a narrow desert canyon for a day of canyoneering became trapped when a flash flood filled …
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Taking aim at his potential political opponents, Vice President Joe Biden railed Wednesday against Republicans who “deny cli…
