DES MOINES, Iowa It will be one of many unusual things about a Donald Trump administration: a long-distance first lady. Trump will move into the White House after the Jan. 20 inauguration. Breaking with tradition, Melania Trump and 10-year-old son Barron plan to remain in New York City until at least the end of the […]

YONKERS, N.Y. (AP) — As many Americans hit the road on Thanksgiving, one baby couldn’t wait to join them. Firefighters were called to help a woman in labor in a car on a suburban New York highway on Thursday afternoon. But the baby was born before they got there six minutes later. It happened on […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Talk about a memorable trip to the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. The New York Police Department says an officer who was shot on duty last year proposed to his girlfriend at Thursday’s parade. And the NYPD says in a tweet, “She said yes!!!” The NYPD tweeted a photo of the happy […]

BAINBRIDGE, Pa. (AP) — A community in central Pennsylvania has painted a blue stripe between the double yellow lines on some streets to express support for police, firefighters and ambulance workers. But the state Department of Transportation is concerned that Conoy Township might have crossed a line — figuratively, that is. According to a report […]

DALLAS She sits with her legs crossed, foot shaking, picking at her glittery nails. With her long brown hair tied in a messy braid, Monica Frasier smiles nervously while the nurse takes her blood pressure. Dr. Lara Johnson walks past the exam room, and Monica, 27, tries to read her face, to see if the […]

NEW YORK The number and rate of abortions tallied by federal authorities have fallen to their lowest level in decades, according to new data released Wednesday. The latest annual report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, incorporating data from 47 states, said the abortion rate for 2013 was 12.5 abortions per 1,000 women […]

NEW YORK It’s understandable if Bill Hemmer, John King and Steve Kornacki still see flashing maps of blue and red states in their mind’s eye before drifting off to sleep. Each man was assigned by his television network to stand before a map of the U.S. several times a day during the election campaign to […]

VERO BEACH, FLA. Battalion Chief David Dangerfield’s nickname was “Super Dave,” a moniker the veteran firefighter had earned over the years for his cheerful, get-things-done personality. The leader of a fire department dive team in a quiet Florida beach community of 15,000 volunteered for charities helping kids and families and was the 2013 Treasure Coast […]

BOISE, Idaho When he got his first post as a warden 20 years ago, Kevin Kempf looked around the prison yard and decided everything green had to go. Trees, shrubs, even the rosebushes at the state prison in the mountain town of Orofino were ripped out, leaving nothing but an empty yard. “It’s just stupid […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. Four inmates cut their way through the bars of a second-story window and rappelled down the side of a California jail using a makeshift rope of bedding and clothing before making their way clear of the facility, the Santa Clara County sheriff’s office said Thursday. Two of the men were recaptured just […]