WASHINGTON -- A wave of efforts to raise the minimum wage at the state and local level will run through November, when voters in eight states could consider ballot measures to raise hourly rates higher than the current $7.25 federal rate.

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WICHITA, Kan. -- Bob Dole, age 90 and sometimes ailing, says he cannot think of a single Democrat he'd vote for in this year's midterm elections.

Or in 2016, when Americans choose the next president.

"But my main concern about those elections is...

CHICAGO -- The tiny plastic particles found in many facial cleansers and soaps promise a gentle scrubbing and luxuriously smooth skin.

But those little beads of grit are also piling up in waterways, where they can suck up toxins and harm wildlife...

WASHINGTON -- Is 10 years enough time to buy 10 million acres of land?

Maybe not, at least for the U.S. government.

Many of the nation's tribal leaders say the Obama administration is moving far too slowly with a massive plan to spend $1.9 ...

WASHINGTON -- The family of slain North Carolina teenager Phylicia Barnes is bracing themselves for a second grueling trial more than a year after a Baltimore judge tossed out a murder conviction of the man known to have last seen her.

Michael ...

HUE, Vietnam -- Whenever Army Maj. Yancy Baer deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan -- and when he came home the last time in 2009 to face the amputation of a leg -- Vietnam veterans were always there to greet him and lend their support.

Baer is now ...