The endangered Lakota language has lost one of its greatest supporters.

The Republican-led House has passed a far-reaching anti-abortion bill, giving conservatives a claim to progress in their campaign against legal abortions and Democrats another reason to claim that the Republican agenda is anti-women.

After a bumbling response during pageant finals on Sunday, Miss Utah USA took a second stab at the interview question that launched her to brief Internet infamy.

DETROIT — Chrysler avoided a showdown with government safety regulators today, agreeing to recall 2.7 million older Jeep Grand Cherokee and Liberty SUVs that could be at risk of a fuel tank fire.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — How many wildlife agents does it take to catch a wild hog? Only one — under a new remote system used by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Republican leaders from 10 Southern states are meeting in Alabama to plan strategies for making new GOP inroads across the region.

The director of the National Security Agency said today the government’s sweeping surveillance programs have foiled some 50 terrorist plots worldwide, including one directed at the New York Stock Exchange, in a forceful defense of spy operations that was echoed by the leaders of the House Intelligence Committee.

KABUL, Afghanistan — American officials say U.S. representatives will begin formal meetings with the Taliban in a few days at the group's new office opening in Qatar.

MACON, Ga. (AP) — Parents of a slain Mercer University law school graduate want investigators to search farmland in central Georgia in hopes of finding her remains.

CLAY, Ala. (AP) — The mayor of an Alabama town says that city officials will reconsider a ban on pit bulls after dozens of pet owners and animal advocates showed up at a city council meeting to protest the decision.