WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers have left Washington for the annual August recess, but a few weeks of relative quiet on the U.S.

Penn State received its highest preseason ranking since 1999 when it was voted No. 3 Monday in the USA Today coaches poll.

LONDON (AP) — Stella Rimington, the first female chief of Britain’s MI5 intelligence agency and later a successful thriller ...

The union’s success is a notable exception in a national landscape where union membership overall is declining.

Passengers have evacuated a New York City area commuter train after a fire caused at least one car to fill with smoke.