NEW YORK — The legal challenges over religious freedom and the birth control coverage requirement in President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul appear to be moving toward the U.S. Supreme … more

BOISE, Idaho — An American pastor who has been jailed in Iran since September has been sentenced to eight years in prison, the U.S. State Department said Sunday. Spokesman Darby Holladay said … more

ROME — Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi praised Benito Mussolini for “having done good” despite the Fascist dictator’s anti-Jewish laws, immediately sparking expressions of outrage as … more

The Casper City Council will vote on Monday on the purchase of a vacant lot for potential conference center construction. A special meeting will be at 4 p.m. in City Hall, 200 N. David St., and … more

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — For years, Democratic lawmakers in Wyoming have floated bills aimed at preventing discrimination against gays and lesbians but have found little support. Now, they seem to have … more

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The Wyoming Legislature will take on a number of hot-button social issues this week, hearing bills on guns, abortion and same-sex marriage. "That's where most of the attention … more

PITTSBURGH — Private landowners are reaping billions of dollars in royalties each year from the boom in natural gas drilling, transforming lives and livelihoods even as the windfall provides only a … more

JACKSON, Wyo. — Avian biologists are assessing the population of the great gray owl in Jackson Hole.The study is being done in anticipation of a wild re-reduction project that will fell dead … more

JACKSON, Wyo.— Biologists think there's a risk of another pneumonia outbreak developing among Jackson Hole's bighorn sheep herd.The Jackson Hole Daily reported Monday that ten of 14 sheep … more

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is a big football fan with two daughters, but if he had a son, he says he'd "have to think long and hard" before letting him play because of the physical toll … more