Ads are aimed at holding senators accountable for rejecting "common-sense" gun proposals.

Ads are aimed at holding senators accountable for rejecting "common-sense" gun proposals.

Fire officials said they planned to let the barges burn into the night.

The United Nations special rapporteur on torture expresses his "deep disappointment" over Bahrain's decision to indefinitely postpone his visit to the kingdom.

Washington state appears to be the first major government to seriously explore the possibility of pushing workers into the federal health exchange.

Guatemala's highest court backs a judge's disputed decision to throw out evidence given in the genocide trial against ex-leader Efrain Rios Montt.

'I'm not Robin van Persie, I'm an Indian IT consultant'

German carmakers Daimler and Volkswagen Group suffer falls in profits as the slump in European car sales continues to bite.

Washington State University President Elson Floyd talks about its partnership with Everett Community College at a scholarship fundraiser Tuesday.

The former first lady says the facility reflects key challenges from eight years in office.

The state just completed a six-year effort to rewrite its laws using gender neutral language.Terms like fisherman and freshman were replaced by "fisher" and "first year student." "Penmanship" became "handwriting."

The US government is seeking more than £78m in damages after filing its lawsuit over the Lance Armstrong affair.

A man who killed a couple when he knocked them off their tandem bike in Bristol while being pursued by police pleads guilty in court.

Senior Surrey police officers had "collective amnesia" when questioned about why phone hacking claims were not investigated, a watchdog says.

Could the Tsarnaev brothers' radicalization been funded with taxpayers' money?

India's Jet Airways on Wednesday approved the sale of a 24 percent stake to Etihad Airways for $379 million, the first foreign investment in an Indian airline since the South Asian country eased restrictions on aviation deals last year.

The cartel formerly known as the Bowl Championship Series has changed its name.

Police have apprehended a man accused of killing six people in a shooting spree in Russia's southwest earlier this week.

By including Cairo on his first Mideast tour as defense secretary, Chuck Hagel is highlighting the Obama administration's hope of preserving influence with the Egyptian military as the country struggles with its transition to democracy.

Germany's top court has upheld the legality of an anti-terrorism database, but has ordered the government to tweak how it is operated.