Although regulations for child care centers were presumably designed with the best intentions – the safety of children – professionals in the world of child care say they are often tedious and unreaso...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Damage to remote Alaska villages hammered by flooding last weekend is so extreme that many of the more than 2,000 people displaced won’t be able to return to their homes for a...

VATICAN CITY – The Catholic Church and the Church of England, divided for centuries over issues including the ordination of female priests, will take a historic step toward unity next week when Britai...

VATICAN CITY – The Vatican’s child protection board said Thursday the Catholic Church has a moral obligation to help victims of clergy sexual abuse heal. It said financial reparations for the abused a...

Peter and Colleen Procopio of Gallup, N.M., love each other as much as they love flying hot air balloons – which is saying a lot. The pair, who have been flying together since 1993 and met through th...

DENVER (AP) — A jury has awarded $19.7 million to six bystanders who were wounded as a Denver police officer opened fire at an armed man as bars let out at closing time, attorneys for the plaintiffs s...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The five universities that were still weighing President Donald Trump’s higher-education compact were asked to join a White House call Friday to discuss the proposed deal. By late Fr...

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel received the remains of another hostage from Gaza on Friday, the prime minister’s office said, a handover from Hamas as the militant group worked to shore up a ...

LONDON (AP) — Prince Andrew said Friday he is giving up his royal title of the Duke of York and other honors after his friendship with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein returned to the headlines. Andrew, y...

Fort Lewis College has been ranked No. 17 in the Best Regional Colleges West category by the U.S. News & World Report, according to a news release from the college. The college also ranked within the...