SEATTLE--The Skagit River Bridge wasn't particularly worrisome to Washington state engineers. Structural inspections showed its condition to be rather average.

But bridges of its generation, circa 1955, often were designed in a manner described ...

WASHINGTON -- As President Barack Obama prepared to deliver a major speech on national security Thursday, his administration acknowledged for the first time that it had killed four U.S. citizens -- one more than previously known -- in drone ...

MOORE, Okla. -- Under a sunny sky, residents of this Oklahoma City suburb began cleaning up debris from the monstrous tornado that inflicted death and destruction -- bodies of animals, overturned cars, homes reduced to rubble -- as more ...

SEATTLE--A large section of a bridge on Interstate 5 north of Seattle collapsed Thursday evening, sending vehicles and people plunging into the swirling, frigid waters of the Skagit River.

Three people were hospitalized in stable condition, ...

WASHINGTON -- In a contentious climax Wednesday to a series of congressional hearings, Lois Lerner, a key IRS manager, invoked her right to not testify about the agency's targeting of conservative groups, igniting howls from Republicans and ...

LOS ANGELES -- The Kings hit just about everything -- the Sharks, the glass behind the net, their sticks on the ice in frustration -- before they finally got their much-needed breakthrough.

In danger of having their best all-around effort of this...