Episcopal leaders in Pittsburgh went to court Thursday seeking to recover $20 million in assets they believe were wrongfully taken when the conservative branches split...

Prosecutors in Arizona have dropped charges against a U.S. Border Patrol agent who shot and killed an illegal immigrant near the Mexican border after two trials ended...

A boy whose disappearance went unreported for 10 years was once taken away from his adoptive parents, then returned days later, Kansas’ social services agency...

Ill. Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s office has blasted the impeachment proceedings as “flawed” and “biased.”

Country star Merle Haggard has sued an environmental awareness group, claiming it illegally used his name and likeness to raise money.

Automakers recalled the fewest number of vehicles last year since 1994, helped by more scrutiny of faulty parts and improved quality.

A nationwide salmonella outbreak that has struck 42 states has put about one in five of its victims in the hospital, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

She’s regarded as an Internet pioneer, credited with helping turn a Web site used for trading Beanie Babies into a multibillion-dollar company with 15,000...

A liberal Massachusetts Democrat will take over a House subcommittee that will play a major role in drafting legislation on global warming and other environmental...

The Illinois House should impeach Gov. Rod Blagojevich for abusing his power, mismanaging Illinois government and committing possible criminal acts, a special committee...

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.