Yahoo Inc. will let its Web visitors decline ads targeted to their browsing habits, becoming the latest Internet company to break from a common industry practice as...

Authorities in Orlando, Fla., say a dive team training at a pond near the home of a missing toddler found no evidence of the girl’s whereabouts.

Hillary Rodham Clinton told an exuberant crowd Friday she wants Barack Obama to win the White House, even though he dashed her own presidential dreams _ and she wants...

The commodities boom that just weeks ago looked unstoppable may have finally burned itself out.

Kevin Molony was listening to a version of the old spiritual “I Shall Not Be Moved,” when it struck him as the perfect anthem for New Orleans residents...

The United States urged Russia on Friday to halt aircraft and missile attacks in Georgia’s breakaway region of South Ossetia and withdraw its combat forces from...

Investigators have recovered the cockpit voice recorder from the wreckage of a helicopter that crashed after picking up firefighters in a Northern California forest,...

For anyone keeping score, the leader of the nation’s 11th-largest city now faces 10 felony charges in two separate cases.

Treasury prices dropped Friday as the falling price of oil sent investors rushing back into the stock market.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is urging Russia to halt aircraft and missile attacks in Georgia’s breakaway region of South Ossetia and withdraw combat...

The social calendar is still a whirl of glamorous lawn parties, wine tastings, gallery openings, beach get-togethers and gala benefits in the Hamptons, the summer...

The anthrax killer spurred a whole new branch of science that could give the nation a head start in the next emergency _ whether it’s investigating more...

Oil prices dove to $115 a barrel on Friday, driven lower by a huge jump in the U.S. dollar, signs of moderating fuel demand around the world and the growing belief in...

Phone companies have been feeling the heat from cable companies for years, as those traditional TV providers have expanded their own phone services and fought hard for...

Former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards is admitting to an extramarital affair but denies fathering the woman’s daughter.

Could the AIDS virus be stopped with gift cards?

Charleston police said a man tried to rob a movie rental store with an unusual weapon _ an empty cheesecake box. Earlier this week, the suspect placed the box on the...

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...