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AUSTIN – Prosecutors who brought criminal charges against U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay denied on Wednesday allegations by his attorneys that investigators inappropriately coerced a grand jury to indict the former House majority leader. DeLay’s attorneys have asked that money laundering and conspiracy charges against DeLay, a Republican, be dropped because …

WASHINGTON – The difference between the sexes has long been a rich source of humor. Now it turns out, humor is one of the differences. Women seem more likely than men to enjoy a good joke, mainly because they don’t always expect it to be funny. “The long trip to …

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras – Tropical Storm Gamma deluged the coast of Central America on Saturday, killing at least six people — three in flooding in Honduras and three in the crash of a small plane belonging to a Belize lodge owned by the filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola. Forecasters said Gamma, the …