Firefighters on Sunday took advantage of cooler, damper weather to battle a vast blaze ravaging Santa Barbara County as they tried to gain a foothold against the fire...

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama took a day off the campaign trail Sunday in Chicago, attending a neighborhood barbecue with his family.

Republican presidential hopeful John McCain attended church Sunday and later visited a Veterans Affairs hospital in his hometown.

Names of the Norfolk 17, black students who were educated at First Baptist Church during Virginia’s “Massive Resistance” to school desegregation. The...

The “Norfolk 17″ were honored Sunday at the church that educated them 50 years ago when six of the city’s all-white public schools closed under...

NBC Universal and two partners said Sunday they have reached a deal to buy The Weather Channel from Landmark Communications Inc., ending a drawn-out process that had...

NBC Universal says it has reached a deal to buy The Weather Channel from Landmark Communications Inc. for an undisclosed sum.

A Will Smith movie packs in millions of people over Fourth of July weekend. No surprises there.

Magic Johnson’s normally publicity-shy wife Cookie is emerging as a spokeswoman in a campaign urging black women to get tested for HIV.

Communities and child health advocates around the country had pinned their hopes on Rhode Island prevailing in its landmark lawsuit against the lead paint industry.

Sirius Satellite Radio Inc.’s acquisition of rival XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. may be cleared by federal regulators this month, and it can’t happen...

Investors battered by surging energy prices, disappointing economic data and the ongoing credit crisis will have something else to worry about this week _...

Rant all you want in a public park. A police officer generally won’t eject you for your remarks alone, however unpopular or provocative.

Marty Boyer’s carefully maintained sport utility vehicle growled more like a dragster than a 2001 Honda Passport when he turned the key.

Will Smith’s box-office superpowers remain intact. Smith’s “Hancock” _ the story of a boozing, foul-mouthed superhero who dresses like a street...

Cooler weather on Sunday gave a boost to crews battling the enormous wildfire that was threatening nearly 2,700 homes in Santa Barbara County.

There’s a great unknown about Sen. John McCain’s health plan: How many employers would drop insurance coverage for their workers because of his tax...

A South Carolina woman’s whimsical approach to food is helping her crack the insular world of cooking contests with such novel dishes as pecan-encrusted oysters...

The first clue that the Tuesday afternoon session in Part 4 of Buffalo City Court is not like other criminal proceedings comes just before it starts.

Supermodel Cindy Crawford has been making appearances this weekend in Madison, Wis., to raise awareness of pediatric cancer.