WASHINGTON (AP) _ Wizards forward Paul Pierce is opting out of the final year of his contract and will become a free agent Wednesday. Pierce …

HOUSTON (AP) _ Texas environmental officials are paying consulting firms more than $2.6 million for research that supports the claim that tightening the ozone standard …

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) _ A New York high school student has filed a lawsuit after a printing error forced parts of the June 6 SAT …

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) _ A Montgomery day care center will remain closed while public health officials investigate an outbreak, suspected to be a foodborne illness, …

SAO PAULO (AP) _ Brazil’s government says unemployment continues rising in Latin America’s largest country. The country’s IBGE statistics bureau said Thursday that the jobless …

By DIANNE FRANCES D. POWELL Tribune-Star TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) _ Mass readings, prayers, the bulletin, and even the priest’s homily are now just a …

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) _ A group hoping to put a broad marijuana legalization issue on the Ohio ballot next year has cleared another hurdle. The …

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) _ A smelly refrigerator has prompted the decontamination of nearly a dozen people at the University of Kentucky. Multiple news sources report …

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) _ Syracuse men’s basketball assistant Mike Hopkins has been formally given the title of head coach designate to succeed Hall of Famer …

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) _ The U.S. government’s development finance institution has signed an agreement with a solar energy company to support a 20-megawatt photovoltaic facility …