The Volvo Ocean Race started Saturday with eight teams racing into strong wind and choppy seas, each seeking to claim one of sailing’s most prestigious prizes.

Sen. John Kerry’s GOP challenger called on him to sell any stock he has in insurance giant AIG and donate all campaign contributions from officials at the company...

Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Tuesday that the presidential candidates should end the smear campaigns and get back to the issues.

The political ad begins with classical music playing, then a picture of Republican U.S. Rep. John Sullivan.

Race car driver and “Dancing With The Stars” champion Helio Castroneves (EHL’-ee-oh kas-troh-NEH’-vehz) is facing federal tax charges in Miami.

Barack Obama has surged to a seven-point lead over John McCain one month before the presidential election, lifted by voters who think the Democrat is better suited to...

As a young black candidate with little political experience, Dan Seals can’t avoid the comparisons to the man heading his party’s ticket: Barack Obama.

A nonprofit run by mayoral candidate and former NBA star Kevin Johnson used AmeriCorps grants to pay volunteers to engage in school-board political activities, run...

Republican presidential candidate John McCain isn’t the only one citing the economic crisis as a reason to delay debate plans.

Republican U.S. House candidate Cynthia Lummis said Wednesday that her press secretary was leaving her campaign after a report that the staffer called in to a...

The press secretary for Republican U.S. House candidate Cynthia Lummis appears to have called in to a news conference held by her rival _ using a fake name and...

Since the nation’s birth, Americans have discussed race and avoided it, organized neighborhoods and political movements around it, and used it to divide and hurt...

This AP-Yahoo News poll was designed to dig into one of the most sensitive subjects in American politics: racial attitudes and their effect on how people will vote in...

This AP-Yahoo News poll was designed to dig into one of the most sensitive subjects in American politics: racial attitudes and their effect on how people will vote in...

Deep-seated racial misgivings could cost Barack Obama the White House if the election is close, according to an AP-Yahoo News poll that found one-third of white...

Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius said Tuesday that a belief among some voters that Democrat Barack Obama is different from them is hindering his campaign for president.

Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius accused Republicans on Tuesday of injecting race into the presidential campaign, arguing that they are using “code language”...

For about half an inning, the Tampa Bay Rays were in real trouble.

The final medals tally at the last Olympic Games in Beijing does seem to offer not just a mild symbolism as arrow to more contemporary realities. Doesn’t it? After...

Women wear stiletto heels in a race for a prize of 5,000 Australian dollars (4,250 U.S. dollars) at Circular Quay in Sydney Sept. 2, 2008. Over 260 women broke the...