ALBANY — State Sen. Dan Stec has won the support of New York’s Conservative Party in his bid to succeed U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, an outcome that is expected to give him a lot of momentum in ...

SORATA, Bolivia (AP) — A powerful explosion killed at least five people, including a pregnant woman and 1-year-old baby, during a standoff between rival groups of gold miners early Thursday in ...

A memorial to Native American military veterans could soon be erected on the grounds of the Minnesota Capitol under a bill that was advanced by a state Senate committee on Friday, March 21. The ...

Visitors to the state Capitol in Juneau will have to go through a metal detector under a policy adopted on Monday. The Capitol visitor screening policy was approved in a 9-4 vote by the ...

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — From the world’s highest navigable lake, Titicaca, comes a culinary treasure: crispy-skinned fish, cooked in a hot copper pan and served with Andean boiled corn and ...

Buildings are rising all over the city, emblems of economic growth. But an earthquake that sent one crashing to the ground has stirred fears about building safety. By Damien Cave Muktita Suhartono ...

Dozens of protesters from Omaha, Lincoln, and other towns with large South Sudanese populations gathered outside the Nebraskan State Capitol to raise awareness of what they describe as a genocide ...

Scores of people are missing in the ruins of a high-rise building that was felled by the quake in Myanmar. Signs of life raised hopes on Saturday, but there was no update on survivors. By Muktita ...

Arkansas Vietnam veterans joined leaders at the State Capitol today, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War. It comes ahead of National Vietnam War Veterans Day ...

As the sun sets over Bangkok, hundreds of rescue workers desperately search for survivors at the collapsed 30-storey skyscraper on a construction site in Thailand's capital. Rescuers are trying to ...

The North Dakota Senate overwhelmingly voted Thursday to override Gov. Kelly Armstrong’s first veto, rejecting his concerns that a proposed tax credit for prison industries could create an ...