WASHINGTON — Gaining confidence as he nailed questions about obscure island chains, bodies of water, global trade and culture, 12-year-old Sathwik Karnik cruised to victory Wednesday in the 2013 … more

WASHINGTON — A new push to thwart Iran's nuclear ambitions by crippling the country's economy is gathering momentum on Capitol Hill. The House Foreign Affairs Committee approved legislation … more

LONDON — In a brutal daylight attack which raised fears that terrorism had returned to London, two men with butcher knives hacked another man to death near a military barracks Wednesday before … more

NEW YORK — One after another, major U.S. corporations have updated anti-discrimination policies to protect gay, lesbian and transgender workers, drawing plaudits from gay-rights groups. There's one … more

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — The U.S. Air Force launched an unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile from a California base on Wednesday, a month after the test flight was postponed … more

OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma medical examiner's office says two infants are among 24 people killed by the tornado that ripped across the Oklahoma City area this week. The office announced … more

BISMARCK, N.D. — More than a thousand people have evacuated their homes in northeastern North Dakota as rain-fed floodwaters threaten a dam on the Tongue River. Officials have been working to … more

COLORADO SPRINGS — The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo is busy dealing with a baby boom and other new arrivals. According to a zoo statement, a porcupette, a hoglet, three lynx kittens and two joeys are … more

WEDNESDAYCRAZY FUN DRAWING, 4-5 p.m., $12.50, AVA Community Art Center.PAINTING, MUSIC and WINE, 7-9 p.m., $60, AVA Community Art Center.THURSDAYSKATE PARK DESIGN WORKSHOP, 6 p.m., Gillette College … more

Campbell County is making progress on the new skate park and the next step is site selection.A representative of Spohn Ranch Inc. of California, the company that the county chose for the project, … more