NEW DELHI -- A private performance by pop superstar Beyonce at a $1,000-a-night lakeside resort. Two former secretaries of state grooving awkwardly on the dance floor. A guest list that looked like India's version of an Oscars red carpet.

This isn't just a big fat Indian wedding; it's the biggest, fattest wedding anyone in India can remember.

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SAN DIEGO -- Anti-gay remarks that a San Diego State University economist made 16 years ago have sparked a political flap that led to the postponement of a congressional hearing on the minimum wage.

Joseph Sabia had been scheduled to appear on Wednesday before the House Committee on Workforce and Education on the effects of raising the minimum ...Read more

FOREST HILL, Texas -- An as-yet unidentified driver might be getting a lump of coal for Christmas after shooting at a man dressed as Santa Claus in a car on Interstate 20 late Tuesday night.

Police say the incident happened at about 11:30 p.m. on I-20 at the Anglin Drive exit.

A man referred to by police only as "Santa" said he was cut off by ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Donald Trump had been in office just a few minutes when he boasted that John F. Kelly looked like a military general straight out of a Hollywood movie, but now the president is holding a likely extended casting call for a more loyal chief of staff -- one who will immediately have to navigate a thicket of congressional and federal ...Read more

SEATTLE -- On Sunday afternoon, a Southwest Airlines flight bound for Dallas made a hairpin turn over eastern Idaho and headed back for Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The reason, the captain told passengers: Someone forgot to unload a human heart.

Dr. Andrew Gottschalk recalled that his fellow passengers went through a series of ...Read more

CHICAGO -- A Rosemont, Ill., police sergeant accused of robbing two gas stations at gunpoint has resigned from the force, officials said.

Edward Karas, 40, was charged in September with armed robbery after police said he, along with another man, robbed a Fire King Exxon at 8500 W. Lawrence Ave. in Norridge and a Shell gas station at 2301 W. ...Read more

CHICAGO -- A Chicago girl accused of attacking and killing an Uber driver last year will be moved to adult jail when she turns 18 next week, a judge ruled Wednesday.

Eliza Wasni's public defender fought against moving the troubled teen to Cook County Jail. Officials say she has committed hundreds of rule violations in juvenile detention and ...Read more

NEW BRITAIN, Conn. -- When student athletes, firefighters and Girl Scouts converge Friday on Central Connecticut State University, they'll somberly honor the anniversary of the Sandy Hook mass murder -- and do something more.

They and dozens of other volunteers will be accepting donations of winter clothes, food, toys and other supplies for the...Read more

WASHINGTON -- As federal investigators appear to be moving closer and closer to his doorstep, President Donald Trump broke his silence on several new legal developments but he returned Thursday to his familiar contention that Mexico will pay for his southern border wall.

First on Wednesday, Trump's former personal attorney and "fixer," Michael ...Read more

As a state commission concluded that the police response to Florida's deadliest school shooting was marred by mismanagement, prosecutors released official accounts Wednesday from the cops who plunged headfirst into the chaos.

In their words:

"I couldn't key up the god damn radio. It was just a tone, a tone, a tone," Broward Sheriff's SWAT ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. -- A proposal that would require another primary in the 9th Congressional District if suspected absentee ballot fraud results in a new election won legislative approval Wednesday.

The requirement for a complete do-over in the 9th District is part of wide-ranging legislation that restructures the State Board of Elections and keeps ...Read more

If you think of the night before Christmas as a time for hot cocoa, cozy fires and Bing Crosby albums, a new discovery by Swedish researchers may well break your heart:

The risk of suffering a heart attack spikes on Christmas Eve.

That finding is based on a comprehensive database of hospital statistics that includes 283,014 cases of heart ...Read more

Is doing major surgery through small incisions better for the patient than more traumatic traditional methods?

The answer is surprisingly complicated, especially for patients who have cancer -- or don't realize they have cancer. Minimally invasive technology may fragment a tumor before extracting it, leaving unseen malignant cells behind to ...Read more

DETROIT -- In today's computer-addicted world, online predators are a constant concern, especially for parents whose kids are tied to their phones, tablets or laptops.

Many parents may wonder: How do predators get to the kids in the first place? How do they earn their trust? And how do they convince kids to do bad things on the internet?

The ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Polls show climate change still lags health care, jobs, immigration and the federal budget deficit among voters' priorities.

But Democrats, under pressure from activists on the left, plan to make it a marquee issue when they take over the House of Representatives next month. It's a strategy with some peril for a party that lost ...Read more