NEW YORK -- Senator Chuck Schumer said on Saturday that Republicans' proposed cuts to Title X funding for family planning, including the Pence amendme...
MUMBAI, India -- "Slumdog Millionaire" child star Rubina Ali said Saturday that her home had burned down in a fire that raged through a crowded slum i...
MARINETTE, Wis. -- Sam Hengel was no stranger to firearms. He was an avid deer hunter, and his family owned at least three 9mm pistols and a shooting ...
If pessimism is not creeping on little cat's feet into Republicans' thinking about their 2012 presidential prospects, that is another reason for pessi...
Reporting from Washington -- Defying his reputation as a 1950s square, the new, more casual Mitt Romney is popping up around the country as he readies...
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama says he's willing to make deeper spending cuts if Congress can compromise on a budget deal that would end the thre...
Fashion entrepreneur Naeem Khan and his wife Ranjana, a jewelry designer, have both had the pleasure of seeing Michele Obama wear items they've create...
NEW YORK -- A new 99¢-a-slice pizza place that opened in the East Village highlights the rise of a once-small Asian American group in New York City: ...
In this year's State of the Union address, President Obama said that "veterans can now download their electronic medical records with the click of a m...
A 25-year-old law student was sentenced to 120 hours of community service yesterday for repeatedly stomping an ibis to the point that it had to be eut...
The videos from the recent tsunami and its aftermath in Japan have brought vivid images from the disaster into our homes and our workplaces, igniting ...
WASHINGTON -- Labor is roaring again, like in the old days. But it's a wounded sound now. In the bitter aftermath of a showdown with Wisconsin's go...
CONCORD, N.H. -- As some states look to tobacco tax increases to plug budget holes, a few are bucking the national trend and saying, "If you smoke 'em...
CAIRO -- Eager for their first taste of a free vote in decades, Egyptians lined up by the hundreds Saturday to vote on constitutional amendments spons...
ZURICH -- Julius Baer Chairman Raymond Baer called for Switzerland to resolve a banking-related tax row with the United States, in comments reported...
You have to hand it to him for trying. A 405-pound ex-sumo wrestler has vowed to run the Los Angeles marathon on Sunday, which will earn him a pla...
SANAA, Yemen -- A crackdown that killed dozens failed to stop massive demonstrations against Yemen's U.S.-backed president, as crowds of thousands cla...
TAMPA, Fla. -- It didn't take Brandon Knight long to build an impressive resume in the NCAA tournament. A game-winning shot in the closing seconds ...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Kyrie Irving came back for Duke and helped bring Mike Krzyzewski to the brink of another milestone. Irving scored 14 points in h...
If you play with fire, you might get burned. National Geographic posted a fascinating video of a curious baby jaguar sniffing, prodding and nibbli...
Ever wish you could turn off your anxiety? A recent study from Stanford located a part of the brain that could function like an on/off switch. R...
ALBANY, N.Y. -- Just down the hill from where New York's leaders are wrestling with a $10 billion deficit, a tiny variety store in downtown Albany was...
DENVER -- With the click of a mouse, Sandy Freund Kasper sent a command to NASA's comet-hunting Stardust space probe to burn all its fuel, starting a ...
SAN FRANCISCO -- Parts of America's radiation alert network have been out of order during Japan's nuclear crisis, raising concerns among some lawmaker...
WASHINGTON -- The Republicans looking to succeed President Barack Obama all say he's bungling Libya. What most haven't spelled out: how they would ad...
