Posts in category National & World

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cadmium has been discovered in the painted design on “Shrek”-themed drinking glasses being sold nationwide at McDonald’s, forcing the burger giant …

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — A beauty queen known as the Dominican Cinderella for her rise from humble roots is trading pageants for politics …

BP grossly misstated the amount of oil spewing from its collapsed rig in the Gulf of Mexico. It stalled in providing a live camera feed …

LOS ANGELES (AP) _ When they report to court to fill out questionnaires in the case of a former transit officer charged with killing an …

PROVO, Utah (AP) _ Gary Coleman once said he wanted people to think of him as something more than the chubby-cheeked child star from television …

MIAMI (AP) — A few months after a 10-year-old child was placed with eight other children in a Tampa foster home overseen by a single …

DETROIT (AP) — Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was sentenced to up to five years in prison Tuesday, May 25 for violating the terms of …

ATLANTA (AP) – A North Georgia teacher is on administrative leave and could lose her job after she allowed four students to don mock Ku …

HAVANA (AP) — U.S and Cuban officials are holding “working level” talks on how to respond to the massive Deepwater Horizon oil spill that is …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Interior Secretary Ken Salazar conceded Tuesday, May 18 that the U.S. government failed to hold the oil industry accountable and ensure safety …