WASHINGTON (AP) — The cash-strapped nation’s capital turned to the country’s largest defense contractor Wednesday to combat parking meter vandalism. Mayor Marion Barry announced that the...
DALLAS (AP) — The Southern Baptists voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to boycott all things Disney, including ABC, condemning as immoral and “gay-friendly” everything from the company’s same-sex...
Russia’s highest court has dismissed a slander suit filed against President Boris Yeltsin by his former bodyguard, a close confidant for more than 10 years. Alexander...
CORCORAN, Calif. (AP) — Convicted assassin Sirhan Sirhan was denied parole for the 10th time Wednesday after stunning a parole hearing by declaring he now believes...
BUKAVU, Congo (AP) — Forty thousand more Rwandan refugees hiding in eastern Congo forests will soon be airlifted home, Congolese and U.N. aid officials said Wednesday....
WASHINGTON — Convicted terrorist Timothy McVeigh would be barred from burial in U.S. military cemeteries under a bill passed Wednesday by the Senate. A federal jury...
PHOENIX (AP) — Firefighters are complaining that an editorial cartoonist crossed the line by using the image of a rescuer cradling the body of a child...
DETROIT — U.S. car and light truck sales in January increased modestly over a weak month last year, automakers said, but Japanese firms made far bigger...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A $17.2 million payout will settle much of the litigation that accuses Great Western Financial Corp. of conning elderly investors into putting...
NEW YORK — ITT Corp. has scheduled a board meeting Tuesday at which it will consider a $6.5 billion unsolicited takeover bid from Hilton Hotels Corp.The...
