MIKE STOBBE (ATLANTA, Ga. AP) — Children — like adults — are increasingly trying electronic cigarettes, according to the first large national study to gauge use by middle and high… Read more »

By MIKE STOBBE (ATLANTA, Ga., AP) — After falling four years in a row, U.S. births may finally be leveling off. The number of babies born last year — a… Read more »

The Associated Press The United States is considering launching a punitive strike against the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad, blamed by the U.S. and the Syrian opposition for an… Read more »

By JAMIE STENGLE (NEWARK, Texas, AP) — The teachings of televangelist Kenneth Copeland and his family focusing on the virtues of trusting God to keep healthy are under scrutiny after… Read more »

By GOSIA WOZNIACKA (FRESNO, Calif., AP) — Smoke from a wildfire around Yosemite National Park is causing problems in the San Joaquin Valley, even as firefighters make advances against the… Read more »

By DAVID ESPO and ELAINE GANLEY (WASHINGTON, AP) — Edging toward a punitive strike against Syria, President Barack Obama said Friday he is weighing “limited and narrow” action as the administration bluntly… Read more »

(WASHINGTON, AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry says the U.S. knows based on intelligence that the Syrian regime carefully prepared for days to launch a chemical weapons attack. Kerry says Syrian regime… Read more »

By ROBERT BURNS (MANILA, Philippines, AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Friday the Obama administration was consulting with allies to “further develop the facts” about last week’s alleged… Read more »

By GENE JOHNSON and PETE YOST (SEATTLE, Wash., AP) — For generations, pot crusaders have called for an end to the nation’s prohibition of marijuana, citing everything from what they say… Read more »

By AUDREY McAVOY (HONOLULU, Hawaii, AP) — Navy training and testing could inadvertently kill hundreds of whales and dolphins and injure thousands over the next five years, mostly as a… Read more »