The trial has begun in Missouri for a man accused of killing his girlfriend’s 3-year-old daughter.

The job of the media is to build you up and then destroy you. Anyone who lives in the West and has any sense should know that. When you are up, and the media is in one...

Georgia’s top court ruled in favor of a transgender politician who was slapped with a lawsuit by two political opponents who claimed she misled voters by running...

Oil prices sunk below $90 a barrel Monday for the first time in eight months, a key price support level, on expectations that a widening financial maelstrom will...

In an Oct. 3 story about the collision of an 18-wheeler and a prison van, The Associated Press, relying on information from the department of corrections, reported...

Michael Lohan isn’t the type to back down from a fight.

Pigeons scattered and several hundred people watched Monday when a 450-foot section of a historic Missouri River bridge was blown up to make way for a new span.

An advocacy group ranks California, Connecticut and Oregon at the top of a list of states improving energy efficiency to respond to high prices, energy security and...

Georgia’s top court has ruled in favor of a transgender politician sued by two political opponents who claimed she misled voters by running as a female.

A military judge has refused to dismiss charges against a soldier from New York who is accused of killing two Army officers by detonating a bomb in Iraq.

The United States has opened a trade office in Libya, the latest in a concerted push to normalize relations after three decades of confrontation and sanctions.

EBay Inc., which still reaps big profits but has been struggling to attract new users, said Monday it will cut its work force by 10 percent _ about 1,600 jobs _ in an...

The Bush administration, pledging to move quickly and with force, has released details on how financial firms will be selected to manage the largest government bailout...

Prosecutors say they will retry a man accused of hijacking the charter boat “Joe Cool” and killing four people on board last year.

The president of Davenport University has pleaded guilty to a first-time drunken-driving charge and refusing to take a breath test during his arrest.

Days from becoming the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history, Lehman Brothers steered millions to departing executives even while pleading for a federal rescue, Congress...

Eli Lilly & Co. has agreed to spend more than $6 billion to fortify its cancer treatment portfolio by acquiring the biotechnology firm ImClone Systems Inc. in a...

President Bush says the $700 billion plan to save the teetering U.S. economy will take some time to work.

The California Highway Patrol says it believes the driver of a casino-bound charter bus that crashed and killed eight people was driving under the influence and...

Sen. Ted Stevens and wealthy businessman Bill Allen had several phone conversations in 2006 in which they fretted over being the target of an FBI investigation,...