(SIOUX FALLS, S.D., AP) — A bird flu strain that’s deadly to poultry has shown up in a commercial turkey flock in South Dakota and a fourth turkey farm in… Read more »

By DAVID N. GOODMAN (DETROIT, AP) — The federal government said Wednesday that it is listing the northern long-eared bat as threatened, giving new protections to a species that has… Read more »

By CAROLYN THOMPSON (CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y., AP) — The number of people taking high school equivalency exams in the U.S. plummeted — and the percentage who passed fell, too — in… Read more »

By KEN DILANIAN (WASHINGTON, AP) — The National Security Agency considered abandoning its secret program to collect and store American calling records in the months before leaker Edward Snowden revealed… Read more »

By LOLITA C. BALDOR (WASHINGTON, AP) — Defense Secretary Ash Carter is considering easing some military enlistment standards as part of a broader set of initiatives to better attract and… Read more »

(INDIANAPOLIS, AP) — Organizers of at least two major conventions set for Indianapolis have joined some business leaders in urging Republican Gov. Mike Pence to veto a religious objections bill… Read more »

By MICHAEL BIESECKER (RALEIGH, N.C., AP) — Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl says he was tortured in the five years he was held captive by the Taliban, beaten with a copper… Read more »

By KEVIN McGILL (NEW ORLEANS, AP) — It was a long journey of conscience for a former Louisiana prosecutor. He went from celebrating a death sentence with rounds of drinks… Read more »

(NEW YORK, AP) — Christie’s auction house has announced it will offer a 1955 masterpiece by Pablo Picasso for an estimated $140 million. “Women of Algiers (Version O)” will hit… Read more »

By VERENA DOBNIK (NEW YORK, AP) — Twenty-five years ago, what was then the biggest mass murder in U.S. history turned a New York City dance club into a smoky,… Read more »