SAN FRANCISCO — It has been slightly more than nine years since prosecutors and grand jurors alike grilled a defiant Barry Bonds for hours about his relationship with performance enhancing … more

WASHINGTON — The makers of a popular carbonated alcoholic drink guzzled on college campuses are going to be changing the look of its Four Loko cans to settle the government’s charges of deceptive … more

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration is not receiving key information from drugmakers about whether some of the riskiest prescription drugs on the market are being used safely by … more

WASHINGTON — There’s one number that keeps up popping up in the debate over illegal immigration: 11 million. That’s the ballpark estimate of how many people are living in the U.S. without … more

LAS VEGAS — The unofficial spokesman for the Heart Attack Grill in Las Vegas has died of a heart attack. He was the second unpaid mascot to die in the past two years. John Alleman, 52, suffered … more

WASHINGTON — If anything illustrated President Barack Obama’s new sense of self-confidence, it was his State of the Union call for an increase in the national minimum wage.For much of the … more

RAPID CITY, S.D. — A budget misstep is forcing Pennington County to dip into emergency funds to keep up the fight against the mountain pine beetle. County Commissioner Lyndell Petersen tells the … more

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Hadi Mezawi has never set foot on the Caribbean island of Dominica, has never seen its rainforests or black-sand beaches. But he’s one of its newest citizens. Without … more

AMMAN, Jordan — A Syrian government official warned Wednesday of rampant trafficking in antiquities from his country and appealed for U.N. help in halting the illicit trade that has flourished … more

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The Wyoming House is set to take a final vote on whether to allow silencers on guns used for hunting in the state. The House amended the bill earlier this week to specify that … more