Republican presidential candidate John McCain didn’t mince words Friday at the Iowa State Fair, telling corn producers he didn’t want to subsidize their...

An elderly woman convicted of killing her 85-year-old ex-boyfriend because she thought he was seeing another woman was granted a new trial Friday, more than two years...

Patients taking some common medications for high cholesterol and irregular heart beats can suffer severe muscle damage because of a problem in the way the drugs...

An elderly woman convicted of killing her 85-year-old ex-boyfriend because she thought he was seeing another woman was granted a new trial Friday, more than two years...

Hillary Rodham Clinton says she truly wants Barack Obama to win the White House, even though he dashed her own presidential dreams. And she’s going to keep saying...

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market:

A Camp Pendleton Marine sergeant was ordered Friday to stand trial on charges of unpremeditated murder and dereliction of duty in the killing of an unarmed detainee in...

Former “American Idol” runner-up Clay Aiken is a father.

The nation’s first openly gay governor will not have to pay alimony to his ex-wife.

A Camp Pendleton Marine sergeant has been ordered to stand trial on charges of unpremeditated murder and dereliction of duty in the killing of an unarmed detainee in...

The United States on Friday pushed for an immediate cease-fire in a fast-unfolding conflict between Russia and Georgia over the breakaway Georgian province of South...

What happens if the Senate is supposed to meet and there aren’t any senators around?

It’s been a fixture on kitchen counters, refrigerator tops and junk drawers for decades.

West Virginia started a pilot project Friday to keep driver’s license photos out of a computer database to accommodate members of a small religious group, who...

The major candidates for president on Friday called on Russia and Georgia to end their military action and appealed for more diplomatic efforts aimed at avoiding a...

Agriculture futures traded lower Friday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

The girlfriend of a man charged in Miami with making threats against Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says he’s the victim of a mistake.

The United States called Friday for an immediate cease-fire in a conflict between Russia and Georgia over the breakaway Georgian province of South Ossetia.

Oil prices resumed their descent Friday, dropping briefly below $116 a barrel as a huge jump in the U.S. dollar and expectations of slowing global demand offset supply...

The largest lawyers’ group in the United States is developing a nation-by-nation comparison of which citizens can trust their government to act fairly and which...