By JIM KUHNHENN WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address marked a sweet spot in his presidency when economic signs and his …

By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER and CALVIN WOODWARD WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. may not have “risen from recession” quite as rousingly as President Barack Obama suggested in his …

By DEB RIECHMANN WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators are pushing to have a say about the ongoing international negotiations aimed at preventing Iran from developing nuclear weapons, …

By DAVID BAUDER, LYNN ELBER and FRAZIER MOORE Kenya Barris, creator of ABC’s “black-ish,” was motivated to write the comedy about an African-American family’s efforts to honor its heritage …

PARIS (AP) — French authorities have honored a Mali-born employee who saved lives at the kosher supermarket attacked by terrorists as a hero and granted …

By KEN MILLER A Little Rock woman said Tuesday that boxing champion Jermain Taylor threatened to fatally shoot her three small children, and that she knocked …

MOUNT HOLLY, N.J. (AP) — A woman accused of dousing her newborn daughter with accelerant, setting her on fire and leaving her in the middle …

By AHMED AL-HAJ SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemen’s powerful Shiite Houthi rebels shelled the residence of the country’s embattled president Tuesday and simultaneously swept into the …

By JULIE PACE WASHINGTON (AP) — Key elements of the economic proposals President Barack Obama will outline in his State of the Union address Tuesday appear …

By JON GAMBRELL and MARI YAMAGUCHI   CAIRO (AP) — The Islamic State group threatened to kill two Japanese hostages Tuesday unless they receive $200 …