WASHINGTON— Elderly survivors of the Holocaust and the veterans who helped liberate them are gathering for what could be their last big reunion at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.Some 1,000 … more

WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric Holder on Tuesday defended the Justice Department’s secret examination of Associated Press phone records although he declared he had played no role in it. He … more

NEWTOWN, Conn. — A shooting at a Connecticut elementary school Friday left 27 people dead, including 20 children, an official said. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the … more

JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s agonizing past swept over Alex McLaren, who stepped into sunlight with tears in his eyes after a tour of the Apartheid Museum, an unsparing study of white minority … more

LONDON — Unpublished early color photographs of The Beatles' first U.S. tour will be sold at a U.K. auction. The photos were taken during the rock band's 1964 visit to the U.S., when color film … more

DALLAS — A handful of history buffs and curious onlookers watched Monday as a bulldozer tore through the walls of a dilapidated apartment building where Lee Harvey Oswald lived a few months before … more

PIERRE — The tourism industry’s impact on South Dakota’s economy grew by 5 percent last year, even though the state sweltered through a hot and dry summer, Gov. Dennis Daugaard said … more

Police have ticketed the 19-year-old woman who was found tied to playground equipment at Bicentennial Park late in the evening of Jan. 18. more