Computer problem delays disability payments to nearly 19,000
A computer problem is delaying disability payments to nearly 19,000 people who receive Supplemental Security Income.
A computer problem is delaying disability payments to nearly 19,000 people who receive Supplemental Security Income.
The Islamic State's gruesome rampage across the Middle East has united the world in horror but left it divided over how to refer to the extremist group, with observers adopting different acronyms based on their...
The only thing Mohammed, a civil war refugee from Syria, knew about Canada was that it's a bit cold. Yet he accepted on the spot when asked if he wanted to settle there and be ready to travel before the end of the year.
The release of squad-car video showing a white Chicago police officer shooting a black teenager 16 times set off a dramatic chain of events that began with days of demonstrations and continued with Mayor Rahm Emanuel's...
Seven months after Baltimore erupted in riots over the death of Freddie Gray, the first of six police officers charged in the case went on trial Wednesday, with a prosecutor saying the patrolman could have saved Gray's...
A Nevada hospital wants a judge to order new tests for a college student who has been on life support since doctors declared her brain-dead more than six months ago, a move her father opposes because he insists she's...
Prosecutors dropped manslaughter charges against two BP supervisors responsible for safety aboard the oil rig where an explosion killed 11 workers in 2010. One of them then pleaded guilty Wednesday to the only remaining...
More than 7,800 men and women sit in Philadelphia's overcrowded jails, three-quarters of them languishing while they await trial under a bail system that critics call outmoded and that cities - and the White House -...
An ex-wife of the man charged with killing three people at a Colorado Planned Parenthood said that he vandalized the reproductive health organization years earlier when he lived in South Carolina.
The latest on the trial of a police officer accused in the death of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old black man who suffered a spinal injury in the back of a transport van (all times local):
NASA hopes to resume commercial shipments this week to the International Space Station, following months of frustrating delay.
Sharply raising the stakes in Moscow's spat with Ankara, Russia's top military brass on Wednesday accused Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his family of personally profiting from oil trade with Islamic...
NFL owners began meeting Wednesday on potential relocation of teams to Los Angeles knowing that a vote is still a month or more away.
Clemson coach Dabo Swinney still can't wrap his head around it: The Tigers routinely lose the turnover battle and yet win the game.
By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer The headline on the story at AL.com read: "Will Florida be able to score vs. Alabama in Atlanta?"
By The Associated Press When Carolina tight end Greg Olsen and Kansas City safety Eric Berry had life-changing experiences away from football, the logical next step was finding ways to help the causes...
Welcomed by a military band and a guard of honor, Chinese President Xi Jinping began a state visit to South Africa on Wednesday, part of China's effort to strengthen economic ties with Africa.
A German supermarket chain's TV ad has prompted floods of tears with its grim holiday story about an old man whose children never visit, not even at Christmas.
The wife of one of 11 Israeli Olympians killed by Palestinian gunmen at the 1972 Munich Games has disclosed new details of her husband's final moments, saying that his body was mutilated by his captors.
By JILL LAWLESS and DANICA KIRKA Associated Press Britain's Parliament was set Wednesday to join the international campaign of airstrikes against the Islamic State group in Syria, as Prime Minister...
The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared skeptical that state officials have the power to require health insurers to turn over reams of data revealing how much they pay for medical claims.
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen on Wednesday indicated that the U.S. economy is on track for an interest rate hike this month, but she said the Fed will need to review incoming data before making a final decision.
Stocks were in mostly lower in midday trading, dragged down by energy stocks, which fell along with the price of oil. Investors continue to weigh the implications of potential interest rate changes around the world, with...
Shoppers spent more than $3 billion online this "Cyber Monday," making it the biggest online shopping day ever.