SALT LAKE CITY — Utah lawmakers approved a measure on Friday that aims to curb dating violence by protecting people from someone they’re linked to romantically, but not living with. Bill … more

HELENA — A House committee has rejected four bills intended to patch a 2011 law that banned medical marijuana commercial transactions but was ultimately blocked with a preliminary injunction by a … more

LITTLETON, Colo. — It was little surprise when freshman Rep. Mike Coffman in 2010 voted against a bill to grant citizenship to some young illegal immigrants. After all, the Republican Marine Corps … more

WASHINGTON — Vernon Hugh Bowman seems comfortable with the old way of doing things, right down to the rotary-dial telephone he said he was using in a conference call with reporters. But the … more

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — The Pacific Ocean either swallowed an adventurous couple and two young children aboard a sailboat off the Monterey coast this week, or someone played a cruel hoax that wasted … more

HIALEAH, Fla.— Somewhere on the streets of Havana is a cherry-red Lada car rebuilt almost entirely with parts that arrived from Miami in a visitor's suitcases. A year ago, the 20-year-old … more

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez returned home to Venezuela early Monday after more than two months of medical treatment in Cuba following cancer surgery. Chavez’s return … more

BRUSSELS — Belgians went on a boar hunt and at first it looked like no contest: 200 hunters vs. 170 wild boars. Yet in the end, only one boar was slain. As hunter Jef Schrijvers said after a … more

CHICAGO — Drew Peterson’s defense lawyers were a united, wisecracking front during most of the former suburban Chicago police officer’s 2012 trial, and rarely without their dark sunglasses. But … more

TAMPA, Fla. — Casey Anthony has come out of seclusion for a meeting with the creditors in her bankruptcy case in Tampa. Dressed all in black, Anthony arrived with her attorney several hours … more