World Aug 05 U.S. teacher rows solo across Atlantic in record time Bryce Carlson, a high school science teacher from Cincinnati, Ohio, is the first American to complete the feat.
Nation Aug 03 Man who harassed Yellowstone bison arrested at Glacier park MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, Wyo. — An Oregon man who was caught on video harassing a bison in Yellowstone National Park was arrested in Glacier National Park in the third disturbance in less than a week at a national park, officials…
Nation Aug 03 SEC drops investigation into Exxon climate change response NEW YORK — The government has dropped a two-year investigation into how Exxon Mobil Corp. factors climate-change regulations into its calculations of the value of its assets, the company said Friday.
Nation Aug 02 Chicago anti-violence protesters demand action, resignation of city leaders Organizers say they believe the march in the affluent North Side neighborhood will draw attention to violence, corruption and the lack of economic investment in the city's African-American neighborhoods.
Politics Aug 02 WATCH: Sanders won't say media isn't the enemy of the people The exchange came hours after the president's eldest daughter and adviser, Ivanka Trump, said in an interview that she does not view the news media as "the enemy of the people," breaking with her father.
Nation Aug 02 HHS says 96 organizations will get family planning funding amid battle over program's future The list of grantees comes amid a major battle over the future of Title X, with women's rights groups and medical societies pushing back on a Trump administration proposal to bar taxpayer-funded clinics from referring women for abortions.
Politics Aug 02 WATCH: U.S. says Russia meddling ahead of midterms not as 'robust' as 2016 Dan Coats says Russia "stepped up their game big-time in 2016" to meddle in the election. But he says intelligence officials aren't seeing the same kinds of robust efforts to interfere in the fall midterm election.
Politics Aug 02 Ivanka Trump says family separation 'low point' in White House, news media are not 'enemy of the people' Her father, President Donald Trump, has broadly labeled the news media the "enemy of the people" and regularly accuses reporters of spreading "fake news" — his term for stories he dislikes.
Politics Aug 01 Trump order to withhold funding from 'sanctuary cities' is illegal, court says U.S. District Judge William Orrick said in November that Trump's order threatened all federal funding and that the president didn't have the authority to attach new conditions to spending approved by Congress.
Politics Aug 01 Obama gives midterm endorsements to 81 candidates in 13 states Obama says he's publicly supporting candidates for governor and the U.S. Senate but also for state legislature. They include better-known names as well as rising figures.