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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Researchers trying to develop a diagnostic tool for ovarian cancer are hoping dogs’ keen sense of smell will lead them down the right path.
An early detection device that combines old-fashioned olfactory skills, chemical analysis and m...

CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian security forces stood guard at checkpoints as more than 100 cars, some carrying dozens of jihadis, took part in a funeral procession for four slain fighters in the northern part of the Sinai Peninsula on Saturday. A little known mili...

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama seems determined to make sure he doesn’t have another Benghazi.
Pilloried by Republicans in Congress for its handling of last year’s attack, his administration is responding with extra caution now that intelligence sugg...

MIDLOTHIAN, Va. — When a stray bullet pierced the top of Brendon Mackey’s head, the 7-year-old was on his way to a July Fourth fireworks celebration with his dad and other family members. He died the next day in a Richmond hospital, a bullet lodged at th...

The U.S. electrical grid is better managed and more flexible a decade after its largest blackout but remains vulnerable to increasingly extreme weather, cybersecurity threats, and stress caused by shifts in where and how power is produced.
Many worry the ...

ORLANDO — President Barack Obama assured disabled veterans Saturday that his administration is making progress on reducing a backlog of disability claims and said the number of requests for assistance has fallen by nearly one-fifth since peaking at more t...

By REBECCA BOONE
Associated Press
CASCADE, Idaho (AP) — A man suspected of killing a California woman and her young son before fleeing with her 16-year-old daughter was killed in the Idaho wilderness and the teen was found safe Saturday, authorities said....

Photos from Charlotte County Sheriff’s Sgt. Mike Wilson’s funeral and procession....

Before the start of Saturday’s funeral service for fallen Charlotte County Sheriff’s Sgt. Michael “Mike” Wilson, attendees watched on big screens a continuous loop of family photos.
A wedding portrait of Joanne and Mike, shot outside on a day as bright a...