One ticket sold in Florida has won the Powerball jackpot, with a final annuity value of $590.5 million, short of the advertised estimate of $600 million.
The jackpot did not break the all-time record of $656 million set in March 2012 by Mega ...
JERUSALEM -- Fears of an escalation of violence between Israel and Syria grew Sunday with renewed Israeli threats to destroy Syrian weapons caches and Syria's warnings of retaliation.
After decades of relative calm, some Israeli officials say ...
WASHINGTON -- Republican opposition in many states to expanding Medicaid next year under the national health-care law -- opposition that could leave millions of the nation's poorest residents without insurance coverage -- is likely to widen the ...
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Proponents of fluoridating Portland's water supply had no trouble getting the local Urban League on board. Here in the biggest city in the country that still doesn't treat its water to prevent tooth decay, studies show that low-...
LOS ANGELES--Eric Garcetti's lead in the Los Angeles mayor's race has narrowed to seven percentage points, but his strength among conservatives has blocked rival Wendy Greuel from securing a San Fernando Valley base that is vital to her chances, ...
WASHINGTON -- Long before Sept. 11, the war on terrorism and two pressure-cooker bombs at the Boston Marathon, a young Muslim from Egypt walked into the ballroom of a New York City hotel and shot to death an outspoken Jewish rabbi.
El Sayyid A. ...