ATLANTA — You may not be a disease detective, but now you can play one at home.The nation's public health agency has released a free app for the iPad called "Solve the Outbreak." It allows … more

CHICAGO — Drug overdose deaths rose for the 11th straight year, federal data show, and most of them were accidents involving addictive painkillers despite growing attention to risks from these … more

NEW YORK — The scene: Tehran’s Mehrabad airport, January 1980. Six U.S. diplomats, disguised as a fake sci-fi film crew, are about to fly to freedom with their CIA escorts. But suddenly there’s … more

LOS ANGELES — Ramped-up holiday season spending typically keeps some borrowers from making timely payments on their credit cards in the last three months of the year, and 2012 was no … more

JACKSON, Ga. — The execution of a Georgia man who killed a fellow prisoner in 1990 was halted Tuesday at the last minute so courts could consider claims that he's mentally disabled and other … more

DETROIT — A state-appointed review team has determined Detroit is in a financial emergency, paving the way for Republican Gov. Rick Snyder to appoint an emergency manager who would need to come up … more

WASHINGTON — The White House on Tuesday sought to keep delicate immigration negotiations on track, as a key Republican senator distanced himself further from a draft bill President Barack Obama's … more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Search crews at the site of a massive explosion that destroyed a popular Kansas City, Mo., restaurant recovered one body Wednesday, and the city's mayor said there was no … more

William Roll, 9, packs on a layer of snow to the outer wall of his snow fort as he and his father, two sisters and dog take advantage of the fluffy accumulation Monday at Cam-plex Park. With the … more

The eagle has landed a name.A Campbell County golden eagle, in the process of becoming an education bird with the Greater Yellowstone Raptor Center in Cody, has received a new name, … more