An Ohio man accused of killing a mother and abandoning her 4-year-old son on a highway has been ordered held on $5 million bond.

TV stations in 22 U.S. cities announced Thursday that they will start broadcasting their signals this year in a format designed to be received by mobile devices like...

President-elect Barack Obama will meet with Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Monday.

An Illinois House committee has unanimously recommended that Gov. Rod Blagojevich (bluh-GOY’-uh-vich) be impeached for abuse of power.

Vice President Dick Cheney says he sees no reason for President George W. Bush to pre-emptively pardon anyone who authorized or was involved in harsh interrogations of...

For Barack Obama, winning a giant economic revival bill in Congress should be the easy part.

A federal judge in Arkansas has delayed the trial of jailed evangelist Tony Alamo (uh-LAH’-moh) on charges he took young girls across state lines for sex.

Job cuts that have afflicted almost every sector of the economy reached into the oil industry Thursday, as the biggest oilfield service providers said they were cutting...

Before it gets to space, a moon buggy will make history by being the first to boogie along an inaugural parade.

Vice President Dick Cheney says North Korea helped Syria build a reactor at a site that Israel suspected of being a nuclear installation and bombed in 2007.

Gregg Allman almost had a few less silver dollars after someone broke into his southeast Georgia home and stole a coin collection, knives and unreleased concert...

U.S. policy to win in Afghanistan must recognize the poor nation’s limitations and its neighborhood, especially its intertwined relationship with U.S....

In an unusually blunt letter, a group of federal scientists is complaining to the Obama transition team of widespread managerial misconduct in a division of the Food...

Vice President Dick Cheney says that his boss, President George W. Bush, has no need to apologize to the American people for not doing more to head off the financial...

Chevron Corp. says its fourth-quarter profit will be significantly lower than the prior quarter because of the big drop in oil prices.

Dismal sales figures for the holiday shopping season are probably a sign of worse to come for merchants in 2009 _ not only more sharp discounts and cheaper groceries...

Vice President-elect Joe Biden has met with leaders in Kuwait on his way to southwest Asia.

Gold prices pulled off a moderate advance Thursday, but other commodities slumped for a second straight day as a profit warning from Wal-Mart Stores Inc. amplified...

Fiscal fitness is knocking weight loss off the top of many New Year’s resolution lists, thanks to 2008’s market drubbing. That often means casting off last...

The estranged wife of a worker who died along with seven others in a helicopter crash in southern Louisiana is suing the company that operated the chopper, but the...