Fifty-one students at Campbell County High School have indicated they’d like to take Chinese classes in a new course that will be starting next school year.Surveys already have taken place at … more

NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge has dismissed all claims against BP's drilling fluids contractor on the rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, killing 11 workers and triggering the nation's … more

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — One of Haiti's biggest shantytowns, a vast expanse of grim cinderblock homes on a mountainside in the nation's capital, is getting a psychedelic makeover that aims to be … more

ROSWELL, N.M. — An FBI report of "flying saucers" in New Mexico sent to then-Director J. Edgar Hoover in 1950 has become the most popular file in the bureau's electronic reading room.The … more

In the far corner of the a Flying J travel plaza parking lot just off the interstate, just below a huge Flying J sign that pulls attention away from it, there’s a little trailer that has served as … more

MIAMI — The U.S. government has begun notifying lawyers of Guantanamo Bay prisoners if the men they represent are being force-fed to prevent them from starving to death in a hunger strike that has … more

WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Jack Lew is meeting on Capitol Hill Friday with House Speaker John Boehner and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. The Treasury Department says Lew is updating … more

LOS ANGELES — A city watchdog says Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s plan to reduce the city’s dependence on coal by the middle of the next decade will cost more than $600 million. … more

WASHINGTON — A new report says the richest Americans got richer during the first two years of the economic recovery while average net worth declined for the other 93 percent of the nation's … more

CHEYENNE — Wyoming’s senior U.S. senator said he plans to unveil legislation Thursday that would allow states to collect royalties directly from companies that produce minerals from federal … more