The government is weighing a bold plan to buy massive amounts of unsecured short-term debts in a dramatic effort to break through a credit clog that is imperiling the...

State tax revenue rose slightly in the second quarter, but revenue from sales tax, fuel tax and property tax all dropped compared to a year ago, according to a report...

A woman who spent nearly three years in prison for her role in the nation’s deadliest human smuggling attempt will return to prison for up to an additional four...

Philadelphia’s plan to test and license tour guides is on hold.

Being the governor of Kansas didn’t excuse Kathleen Sebelius from jury duty, but knowing a lot of attorneys did.

John McCain is once again trying to dress the political wound that never heals: his role in a 1980s banking scandal that is featured in a new Barack Obama attack...

Police in Louisville say a woman and her two young daughters were found dead in her home in an apparent murder-suicide.

The man accused of murdering 3-year-old Erica Green kicked her in the head but didn’t mean to kill her, his attorney told a jury Monday in the case of a victim...

The wife of Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel plans to endorse Democrat Barack Obama.

Lawyers for a reputed Klansman argued Monday that prosecutors are citing an irrelevant civil case in their efforts to reverse his acquittal in the abductions of two...

An anti-abortion group has won a long legal fight to force Arizona to issue “choose life” license plates, and the proposed new plates could be available to...

An intersection in southeastern Idaho has proven unlucky for a woman who’s been in two car accidents at the same crossroads since August. Kris Payne was driving...

A Colombian right-wing paramilitary member has pleaded guilty in the U.S. to attempting to acquire anti-aircraft missiles, grenade launchers and other powerful weapons...

Larry Doyle, a former TV writer-producer for “The Simpsons,” was named the winner Monday of this year’s Thurber Prize for American Humor. He was cited...

The man accused of leading the notorious Serial Shooter attacks two years ago watched with excitement as news reports logged his alleged killings and fear spread...

As a state senator, Democrat Barack Obama awarded $75,000 in government grants to a Chicago social service organization led by a rabbi who is also his wife’s...

A mistrial was declared Monday after a jury could not decide whether to award damages to four firefighters who claimed they were sexually harassed after being forced to...

A dog eating a watermelon helped cause a Boston man to repeatedly stab himself to prove to his brother he wasn’t afraid of pain, police say.

The government’s $700 billion rescue, aimed at rebuilding economic confidence, appeared to sound a global alarm instead on Monday, triggering a fearful...

Veteran Washington hand Ian Cameron was appointed Monday as the producer in charge of ABC’s Sunday political talk show “This Week with George...