How a South Dakota priest inspired 125 years of direct democracy — and the fight to preserve it

WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI should have done more to collect intelligence before the Capitol rioteven

The number of states that have legalized recreational use of cannabis more than doubled in the last

What we know about former Pr

John Cena and Shay Shariatzadeh are furiously in love.Case in point: The couple couldn't help but to

Pilots at Southwest Airlines can sock away more for retirement, thanks to a new retirement plan bene

Last August, when state energy regulators in California green-lighted the first large-scale solar th

A statue of Henrietta Lacks, a Black woman whose cells were taken without her consent and subsequent

America could add 10 gigawatts of solar power every year by 2015, enough to power 2 million new home

Life isn't quite so simple anymore for Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie.The two socialites-turned-busi

From misty eyeballs to full-on waterworks, what are tears? Why do we shed them? And what makes human

Starting in July, food delivery workers in New York City will make nearly $18 an hour, as New York b

"Eat, Pray, Love" author Elizabeth Gilbert said Monday she will not release her new novel, which is

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A newly elected state lawmaker in West Virginia is facing at least one felo

Jeremy Allen White and Addison Timlin are closing the curtain on their romance.The Californication a

Mariner Platform Blast May Extend Deep-Water Drilling Ban (Bloomberg) The explosion aboard a Mariner

Today’s Climate: September 3, 2010