Ken Stanford

Hundreds of millions of miles from Earth, a European spacecraft made history Wednesday by successfully landing on the icy, dusty surface of a speeding comet - an audacious cosmic first designed to answer big questions about the origin of the universe.

Russia's long-range bombers will conduct regular patrol missions from the Arctic Ocean to the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico, the military said Wednesday, a show of muscle reflecting tensions with the West over Ukraine.

A federal judge struck down South Carolina's ban on same-sex marriage on Wednesday, though marriage licenses can't immediately be handed out.

As the North Georgia Community Foundation (NGCF) joins other such groups around the country in celebrating Community Foundation Week starting today, it is preparing to mark its 30th anniversary next year.

One week after election day, Republican Dan Sullivan has been declared winner of Alaska's U.S. Senate seat in a hotly contested race, beating a first-term incumbent.

The government is getting near-daily reports - and sometimes two or three a day - of drones flying near airplanes and helicopters or close to airports without permission, federal and industry officials tell The Associated Press. It's a sharp increase from just two years ago when such reports were still unusual.