Feed items

Two Wisconsin men have been identified as skiers swept to their deaths Saturday evening in a large avalanche in Colorado.Justin Lentz, 32, and Jarrad Law, 34, were killed in the slide in Lake County, Colo., authorities said Monday.

The U.S. Justice Department says that its investigation into the handling of rape reports by prosecutors in Missoula, Montana, has found substantial evidence that the county attorney's office discriminates against women.

A Miami protestor was arrested after police say he intentionally smashed an art museum's $1 million vase by artist Ai Weiwei.

New York City's medical examiner said Monday autopsy results are inconclusive for a fashion designer found floating on the Manhattan side of the Hudson River.The medical examiner's office said that more tests are needed to determine the cause of 55-year-old Michele Savoia's death.

A New York City medical examiner said more tests are needed to determine the cause of death of a 55-year-old found in the Hudson River Sunday.

As a hard-partying teenager, Patrick Kennedy met President Reagan at a fundraiser for the JFK Library, a meeting captured in a photograph that the former Rhode Island congressman now hangs in his home office.

A former professor and dean was chosen Monday to lead Pennsylvania's largest university as it continues grappling with fallout from the Jerry Sandusky scandal.

A 20-year-old University of Chicago student was found dead Saturday in a campus dorm room, police said.Nicholas Barnes, 20, was pronounced dead just before 5 p.m. at the International House at University of Chicago, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office.

On the eve of talks aimed at a permanent deal on Iran's nuclear program, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei predicted the negotiations between the Islamic Republic and six world powers "will lead nowhere.

Schoolchildren in winter-weary states are spending Presidents Day in class Monday in school districts trying to put a dent in the days lost to snow and ice.