CHICAGO — Constantly beeping alarms from devices that monitor the vital signs of the critically ill have "desensitized" hospital workers who sometimes ignore the noise, leading to at least two … more

The Powder River Rousta’Bout It Betties roller derby team will host its season opener against the Gallatin Roller Girlz from Bozeman, Mont., on Saturday at the Rockpile Ice Arena. Doors open at … more

GLENROCK — The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality and a uranium company disagree whether problems occurred at a well at an in-situ mine north of Glenrock. The DEQ has issued a violation … more

Lunches Sunday: Closed. Monday: Quarter-pound cheeseburger, tater crowns, baked beans, sliced peaches and coconut macaroon. more

BEIRUT — Syria's main opposition group on Friday accused President Bashar Assad's regime of committing a "large-scale massacre" in a Sunni village near the Mediterranean coast in which activists … more

An Ohio prosecutor said Thursday he may seek the death penalty against Ariel Castro as investigators charged that he impregnated one of his captives at least five times and then starved her and … more

SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo is buying online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion as CEO Marissa Mayer tries to rejuvenate an Internet icon that had fallen behind the times. The deal announced … more

NEW YORK— For decades, people have been getting rid of cockroaches by setting out bait mixed with poison. But in the late 1980s, in an apartment test kitchen in Florida, something went very … more