FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A Texan who became the first in the nation to receive a full face transplant recipient after a 2008 power line accident has wed another burn victim he met at a support group. Dallas Wiens and Jamie Nash exchanged vows Saturday at the Fort Worth church where he was critically […]

SEOUL, South Korea North Korea said today it will escalate production of nuclear weapons material, including restarting a longshuttered plutonium reactor, in what outsiders see as Pyongyang’s latest attempt to extract U.S. concessions by raising fears of war. A spokesman for the North’s General Department of Atomic Energy said scientists will quickly begin work “readjusting […]

NELSON, Ga. Backers of a newly adopted ordinance requiring gun ownership in a small north Georgia town acknowledge they were largely seeking to make a point about gun rights. The ordinance in the city of Nelson — population 1,300 — was approved Monday night and goes into effect in 10 days. However, it contains no […]

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut lawmakers say they hope their announcement of sweeping proposals to curb gun violence sends a message to Congress and other state legislators that bipartisan agreement on gun control is possible. Legislative leaders on Monday revealed proposals spurred by the Dec. 14 Newtown school shooting following weeks of bipartisan, closed-door negotiations. […]