The price of oil fell Monday near $98 a barrel after Crimea voted to split from Ukraine and join Russia, a development already anticipated by investors. The vote triggered sanctions by the EU and U.S. against Russia, but none that affected the country's energy ...

Gold hit its highest closing price this year as concerns mount over Russia and Ukraine. Gold for April delivery rose $6.60, or 0.5 percent, to settle at $1,379 an ounce Friday. A referendum will be held Sunday in Ukraine's region of Crimea, where residents will ...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — As the search continues for the missing Malaysian Airlines flight, a key question is what happened to the Boeing 777's transponder. Transponders are devices that emit electronic signals containing information that shows up on air ...

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NEW YORK (AP) — New York Police Department says 1 dead in building explosion, collapse. Printable Version. Email This. Tweet · Need to Register? X. Remember Me. Forgot your password? Click to View RSS Feed · Sign up for seattlepi.com news alerts.

President Barack Obama will introduce the much-hyped premiere of Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, Fox announced Saturday. In the video message, Obama will invite a new generation of viewers to embrace the spirit of discovery and encourage them to ...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The bishop and priests of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh were marking the beginning of Lent with "ashes to go" at several nontraditional locations, in hopes of reaching people who cannot, or would not feel comfortable, attending an ...

EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Five Northwestern University students are set to ride in NASA's zero gravity aircraft named the "Vomit Comet." But this won't be purely a joy-ride for the undergraduates who were selected in nationwide NASA competition. They'll be ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has told Uganda's president that the African nation's new anti-gay law will complicate its relationship with America. In a statement Friday, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Kerry also ...

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's interim Cabinet resigned Monday in a surprise move that could pave the way for the nation's military chief to announce his widely anticipated plans to run for president in the spring. The resignation, announced by Prime Minister Hazem ...

BUCHEON, South Korea (AP) — Kim Se-rin is sure he'll recognize his sister when they reunite — if they reunite — in North Korea this week, more than 63 years after war drove them apart. And he knows what he'll say. "I will first hug her and tell her that I thank ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida software designer accused of killing a black teenager during an argument over loud music compared himself to a rape victim, telling his fiancee in a recorded jailhouse phone call that the police were trying to blame ...

Three international airports in Indonesia are shut down after a volcano erupted late Thursday night on the heavily populated island of Java. Ash spewed into the air can build up in the machinery of a plane, jamming the engines and causing them to fail, ...

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) — It was a sight to make a classic car lover weep: A gaping sinkhole opened beneath the National Corvette Museum in Kentucky and swallowed eight prized cars like they were toys, piling them in a heap amid loose dirt and ...