BOSTON — Lawmakers are asking tough questions about how the government tracked suspected Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev when he traveled to Russia last year, renewing criticism from after … more

NEW YORK — Billionaire Warren Buffett is dipping into the ketchup business as part of a $23.3 billion deal to buy H.J. Heinz Co., uniting a legend of American investing with a mainstay of grocery … more

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Arkansas Senate voted Tuesday to override Gov. Mike Beebe's veto of legislation that would ban most abortions from the 12th week of pregnancy onward and give the state the … more

CHEYENNE — A measure that could prevent animal-rights groups from making surreptitious videos during undercover animal cruelty investigations has passed the Wyoming House of Representatives. The … more

WASHINGTON — A Virginia man pleaded guilty Wednesday to wounding a security guard at the headquarters of a conservative Christian lobbying group, a shooting that made headlines in part because the … more

Members of Congress are furiously arguing over two provisions of the U.S. Constitution: the Second Amendment's right to bear arms and the 14th Amendment's statement that "the validity of the public … more

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota canceled the state's 2013 and future moose hunting seasons Wednesday, citing a "precipitous" decline in the moose population. Department of Natural Resources officials … more

WASHINGTON— Top Senate Democrats have prepared a plan to slice the Pentagon's budget by $3 billion a year in an attempt to avoid far steeper cuts that defense hawks warn would cripple the … more

PHILADELPHIA — A 19-year-old daycare worker was charged in the abduction of a 5-year-old girl from her Philadelphia elementary school, an arrest aided by the little girl’s report to police that … more

NEW YORK — More than 8,000 New York City school bus drivers and aides went on strike over job protection Wednesday morning, leaving some 152,000 students, many disabled, trying to find other ways … more