Keys, lightbulbs tied to Thomas Edison sell at auction
DALLAS (AP) — Keys to the New Jersey lab where Thomas Edison invented the phonograph and some of the lightbulbs that he perfected sold for…
DALLAS (AP) — Keys to the New Jersey lab where Thomas Edison invented the phonograph and some of the lightbulbs that he perfected sold for…
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Thomas Edison’s door key to the 19th century lab in New Jersey where he invented the phonograph goes up for auction…
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) — Crews discovered the remains of more people as they searched the rubble of wildfires that torched hundreds of homes and businesses…
WASHINGTON (AP) – The federal government is expected to forgive at least $108 billion in student loan debt as part of popular plans that tie…
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review newspaper printed its last edition and has laid off 106 workers as it transitions into an online-only publication. Wednesday’s…
The Associated Press Possible tornadoes swept through parts of Alabama and Tennessee overnight, killing five people and injuring more than a dozen as heavy…
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) — In the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains, a Tennessee tourist mecca emerged from the smoke, charred and vacant after a…
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) — Wildfires fueled by high winds killed three people near the Great Smoky Mountains and authorities went door to door Tuesday to…
PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. (AP) — Raging wildfires fueled by high winds forced the evacuation of thousands of people and were believed to have wiped out…
CHERNOBYL, Ukraine (AP) — A massive shelter has finally been installed over the exploded reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear plant, one of the most ambitious…
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Seven people were sent to the hospital Monday morning after an active shooter was reported on campus, the Columbus Fire…
WASHINGTON (AP) – Fidel Castro’s passing removes what was long the single greatest psychological barrier to a warmer U.S.-Cuba relationship. But it also adds to…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans Police say one man is dead and nine others injured following a shooting in the French Quarter. Police Superintendent…
HAVANA (AP) — Former President Fidel Castro, who led a rebel army to improbable victory in Cuba, embraced Soviet-style communism and defied the power of…
MURRYSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — A senior has been charged with launching a cyberattack on her western Pennsylvania high school that wound up disrupting more than…
NEW YORK (AP) — Stores open their doors Friday for what is still one of the busiest days of the year, even as the start…
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) – Education Secretary John B. King Jr. is urging governors and school leaders in states that allow student paddling to end a…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — A school bus driver who authorities say was speeding along a narrow, winding Tennessee road when he wrapped his vehicle…
TOKYO (AP) — At first, it was 2011 all over again. “It really came back. And it was so awful. The sways to the…
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Layoff notices are going out to more than 500 Pennsylvania state employees because of a dispute over additional state funding for…
CANNON BALL, N.D. (AP) — Tension flared anew on the Dakota Access pipeline as protesters tried to push past a long-blocked bridge on a state…
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The most advanced weather satellite ever built rocketed into space Saturday night, part of an $11 billion effort to revolutionize…
HARRISBURG (AP) – Pennsylvania residents with minor criminal convictions that are at least a decade old have begun applying to seal those cases from public…
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Parts of Pennsylvania could see some snow on the ground over the weekend. A strong cold front will lower temperatures and the…
NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump will be holding more meetings at New York City’s Trump Tower as he prepares his administration. Transition officials…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Starting campfires, lighting fireworks and smoking cigarettes are among the outdoor activities being banned across the South as fires burn…
OREM, Utah (AP) — Five students were stabbed inside the boy’s locker room of their Utah high school Tuesday and a 16-year-old boy identified…
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — President Barack Obama arrived in Greece Tuesday morning on the first stop of his final foreign tour as president, the first…
The Associated Press A 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck New Zealand’s South Island, generating a tsunami, forcing evacuations from many low-lying areas on the eastern shore. Early reports…
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan has closed following deadly insurgent attacks on a German Consulate and an American military base. In…
NEW YORK (AP) — New Yorkers struggling with post-election stress have found an outlet for the blues — by pouring their political souls onto sticky…
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — From New York to Illinois to California, in red states as well as blue, protesters decrying Donald Trump’s election spent another…
CANONSBURG, Pa. (AP) – A gunman with a history of domestic abuse fatally shot a police officer and wounded another on Thursday before he and…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is set to welcome his successor, Donald Trump, to the White House, extending an olive branch to a man…
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) – Hershey has come to the rescue of a college student who had his Kit Kat bar brazenly stolen. Kansas State University…
The Associated Press From Virginia coal country, as election results trickled in, Jimmy McDonald texted his boss to warn he might need a day off…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Grab some snacks, the TV remote, your calculator and a schedule of poll closings. You might also want to caffeinate because it…
CUSHING, Okla. (AP) — A magnitude 5.0 earthquake centered near one of the world’s key oil hubs brought down building facades and shattered windows in…
ATLANTA (AP) — More than a dozen states have enacted tougher requirements for registering and voting since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a key provision…
There’s a chill in the air, but that’s no reason to feel the heat in your utility costs. Here are a few tips on how…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Time won’t fly this weekend. In fact, it’ll actually hitch a ride back. Daylight saving time is ending and it’s back to…
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A federal jury on Friday found Rolling Stone magazine, its publisher and a reporter defamed a University of Virginia administrator in a…
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) – A passionate advocate for making Puerto Rico the 51st U.S. state appears poised to become the next governor of…
BERLIN (AP) — Twin baby pandas born in August at the Vienna zoo finally have names. The male is called Fu Ban, meaning Lucky Companion….
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — President Barack Obama says the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is examining whether the four-state Dakota Access oil pipeline can be…
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A flurry of Facebook check-ins to the Standing Rock Indian Reservation at the epicenter of a protest against the Dakota Access…
HELENA, Ala. (AP) — For the second time in two months, a pipeline that supplies gasoline to millions of people was shut down, raising…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Grab some toothpicks to prop open your eyelids because Election Day promises to be a marathon. Polls open before dawn on Tuesday,…
NORCIA, Italy (AP) — Central Italy was hit by another powerful earthquake Sunday, toppling buildings that had recently withstood other major quakes and sending panicked…
CANNON BALL, N.D. (AP) — A tense protest over the Dakota Access pipeline subsided at least temporarily after some protest leaders urged activists to leave…