By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER (ANN ARBOR, Mich., AP) — A degenerative eye disease slowly robbed Roger Pontz of his vision. Diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa as a teenager, Pontz has been almost… Read more »

By JIMMY GOLEN (BOSTON, AP) — Some ran to honor the dead and wounded. Others did it to prove something about their sport, the city or their country. And some… Read more »

By OSKAR GARCIA (HONOLULU, AP) — Officials say a 16-year-old boy is “lucky to be alive” and unharmed after flying from California to Hawaii stowed away in a plane’s wheel… Read more »

By MIKE STOBBE (NEW YORK, AP) — The government’s latest report card on food poisoning is out, and it has some good news: a drop in illnesses from salmonella. Last… Read more »

By ALICIA CHANG (LOS ANGELES, AP) — Astronomers have discovered what they say is the most Earth-like planet yet detected — a distant, rocky world that’s similar in size to… Read more »

By STEVEN DUBOIS (PORTLAND, Ore., AP) — Call it the Big Flush 2, and this time the sequel promises to be much bigger than the original. Portland officials said Wednesday… Read more »

By JOAN LOWY (DAYTON, Ohio, AP) — On the road in a tour bus this week, the U.S. transportation secretary is spreading some bad news: the government’s Highway Trust Fund… Read more »

By ALAN SCHER ZAGIER and BILL DRAPER (OVERLAND PARK, Kan., AP) — A group monitoring anti-Semitic attacks in the U.S. cautiously noted a sharp decline in such incidents less than two… Read more »