WASHINGTON (AP) — Among the Senate's most vulnerable Republicans, Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey stood firmly with the powerful National Rifle Association on the latest ill-fated attempts at... READ MORE »

YULIN, China (AP) — A city in southern China went ahead with an annual dog-meat eating festival Tuesday despite heavy criticism and protests from animal rights activists. Vendors... READ MORE »

WASHINGTON (AP) — New physical standards established so women can compete for combat posts in the Marine Corps have weeded out many of the female hopefuls. But they're also disqualifying... READ MORE »

HOUSTON (AP) — Saron Wyatt pointed to the secluded end of her small street in Houston's impoverished Fifth Ward, where a mound of old tires keeps popping up. Always a trashy nuisance, it's... READ MORE »

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats get their long-sought votes on gun control a week after the massacre in Orlando, Florida, but election-year politics and the powerful National Rifle Association... READ MORE »

BOSTON (AP) — The bar where everybody knows your name is coming to the stage. "Cheers Live on Stage" is a comedy based on some of the most memorable moments of the celebrated TV show's... READ MORE »

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A homeless man charged with setting a fire that killed five people at a vacant Los Angeles building was in the country illegally, and was arrested for drug possession... READ MORE »

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The massacre at a gay nightclub has tested the limits of the "love the sinner, hate the sin" approach to homosexuality by conservative religious leaders. The faith... READ MORE »

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — As education authorities contemplate a teacher shortage, Utah's state school board has passed a new rule allowing schools to hire people who don't have a teaching... READ MORE »

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The Oakland Police Department lost its third police chief in eight days as it struggles with allegations that a number of officers had sex with a teenage prostitute... READ MORE »