Ohio Gov. John Kasich (KAY’-sik) has rejected a plea for mercy from a condemned killer scheduled to be executed next week for fatally shooting an adult bookstore security guard. Kasich followed the state parole board’s recommendation in...

A U.S. Army judge has accepted an offer by a private to plead guilty to violating military regulations in the biggest leak of classified material in U.S. history. Pfc. Bradley Manning admits to sending hundreds of thousands...

University of Utah swim coach Greg Winslow has been suspended because of allegations that he sexually abused an teenage girl he coached in Arizona six years ago. Utah athletic director Chris Hill announced the suspension Thursday of...

The number of Americans seeking unemployment aid fell 22,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 344,000, evidence that the job market may be picking up. The four-week average of applications dropped 6,750 to 355,000, the Labor Department...

The latest craze to sweep the Internet is bringing college students the wrong kind of attention — from the Federal Aviation Administration. During a flight from Colorado Springs to San Diego, a group of students started the...

Edna Knotts Age  87 of Mediapolis died Tuesday February26 at Prairie Ridge Care and Rehab                                                                                   Mediapolis Center Survivors: Children Son                                 Wilbur C. (Carol) Knotts                              Quincy, IL Son                              Walter E. (Joan) Knotts                                Beaverdale, IA Daughter                        Frances E. Bartholomew                 ...

CINCINNATI (AP) — A B-25 bomber navigator in the daring World War II bombing raid on mainland Japan has died.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Benedict XVI is in the final hours of his papacy.

PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — Two more people have joined a federal lawsuit accusing police in Bloomington of racial profiling.