PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The high-profile murder trial of a Philadelphia abortion provider sparked courtroom debate Monday over when life ends, a tweak of the politically charged question of when life begins.

Valiant Capital Management, the hedge fund prospective NBA owner Chris Hansen runs, posted an 8.7 percent net loss for the first quarter.

Ubaldo Jimenez pitched into the eighth inning, Ryan Raburn hit two home runs and the Cleveland Indians pounded the Kansas City Royals 9-0 on Monday night to split their four-game series.

It says something, nearly all of it good, that on the day a male athlete in one of the major American pro sports came out as gay, the reaction from the NBA, fellow ballplayers and fans was almost uniformly positive.

BOSTON (AP) — Jason Collins may have shocked the sports world Monday by becoming the first active player in one of four major U.S. professional sports to come out as gay, but he did not shock U.S. Rep. Joe Kennedy III.

It was not a vintage performance by Matt Harvey, the young Mets right-hander, but he showed why he has become such a threat on the mound, despite the Mets’ loss to the Marlins.    

An Israeli aircraft attacks a motorcycle in Gaza, killing a man with suspected al-Qaeda links.

The 2012 GOP vice presidential nominee says he regrets a 1999 vote banning gay adoption.

President Obama plans to nominate Thomas Wheeler as FCC chairman

Knox wrote a wish list from prison of what she'd like to do if she was freed.

Bipolar disorder is a brain disorder that causes shifts in mood and energy.

Andrelton Simmons hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the seventh inning, then made an eye-popping play to start the ninth as the Atlanta Braves beat the Washington Nationals 3-2 on Monday night and ended their four-game losing streak.

Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands abdicated in favor of her son after 33 years on the throne.

Michael Saunders homered in his first at-bat since he was activated from the disabled list and Joe Saunders pitched his eighth career complete game to lead the Seattle Mariners to a 6-2 win against the Baltimore Orioles on Monday night.

Officials are trying to determine whether female DNA found on a piece of a pressure cooker used as an explosive in the Boston attack was from Katherine Russell, the wife of Tamerlan Tsarnaev.    

Seattle Times Stars of the Week for April 21-27.

Police in Alabama are asking for the public's help in finding the gunman who fatally shot a woman who was holding her 10-day old son.

Carlos Corporan homered among his four hits and drove in four runs, Brandon Barnes three hits and three RBIs, and the Houston Astros fit comfortably into the role of a slugging American League squad Monday night in a 9-1 romp over the New York Yankees.

The state auditor says Public Health — Seattle & King County has understated revenues — problems the health agency says result mainly from Medicaid accounting requirements.

A team from Tahoma Senior High School placed seventh in a national competition that focuses on students’’ knowledge of the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Tahoma High participated as Washington state’s champion in the contest known as “We the People: T