LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Firefighters backed by water-dumping helicopters and planes gained ground Sunday on a wildfire that destroyed two homes and forced the evacuation of about 1,200 people in a rugged area...

[email protected] Student-athletes might soon be able to use online classes to be eligible for competition. The NCAA will next week decide on a proposal that would allow student-athletes to take these...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) âÄî A customer opened fire in a crowded shopping mall Wednesday afternoon, killing a clothing store employee before he was shot and wounded by police officers, authorities...

NEW YORK (AP) âÄî In a sign of the times, the National Debt Clock in New York City has run out of digits to record the growing figure. As a short-term fix, the digital dollar sign on the billboard-style...

A 29-word addition to the Higher Education Opportunity Act enacted in August will require federally funded international programs to âÄúreflect diverse perspectives and a wide range of views.âÄù...

WASHINGTON (AP) _ Less than a week after the federal government had to bail out American International Group Inc., the company sent executives on a $440,000 retreat to a posh California resort, lawmakers...

Barack Obama âÄôs support among Minnesotans increased after ThursdayâÄôs Vice Presidential debate, according to the results of a poll released today by the Humphrey Institute of Public...

(AP) âÄî In his liberal Colorado district, it's no big deal that Jared Polis is gay. Yet his expected victory Nov. 4 in a congressional race would be a historic milestone and, he hopes, send an...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) âÄî Sun Country Airlines filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Monday, just days after the founder of its parent company, Petters Group Worldwide, was charged in a multimillion dollar...