The FBI undercover agent who infiltrated the Mafia as “Donnie Brasco” is refusing to testify in the Florida murder trial of a former Boston FBI agent.

A top lieutenant to Martin Luther King Jr. has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for incest. The Rev. James L. Bevel was a key architect of the 1963 Children’s...

A month after the Army told Brandi Durbin her husband was killed in Iraq by a soldier in his own unit, she carries a framed photo of him everywhere she goes. It’s...

A top lieutenant to Martin Luther King Jr. has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for incest.

A judge has thrown out a Nebraska legislator’s lawsuit against God, saying the Almighty wasn’t properly served due to his unlisted home address.

More than 540,000 ballots have already been cast in Georgia, including many from the Democratic strongholds of metropolitan Atlanta in what could be an encouraging sign...

The Republican National Committee is halting presidential ads in Wisconsin and Maine, turning its attention primarily to usually Republican states where GOP nominee...

Carla Souza was a dutiful member of the Mormon church, hosting dinner meetings at her house, taking care of children in the nursery school and going out with...

Leaders of the Group of Eight major industrial countries said Wednesday they will meet “in the near future” for a global summit to tackle the financial...

Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee met face-to-face only twice _ once toward the end of the war wtih Mexico in 1848, and 17 years later at Appomattox, where then-Union...

President Bush says the bank rescue plan is limited because federal ownership of businesses is not good for the United States.

Wall Street is plunging again, with the Dow Jones industrials down more than 500 points as investors agonize over the faltering economy. Stocks are down on a...

Mexican officials are trying to persuade Americans to visit Ciudad Juarez, touting the city in a new billboard campaign as a “land of encounters.” But on...

The Federal Reserve says the country sank deeper into an economic rut during the early fall.

Call it the political revenge of the nerds.

A hearing is under way to decide if an aide to Martin Luther King Jr. will spend time in prison for an incest conviction.

A once powerful New Mexico politician, former Sen. Manny Aragon, pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiracy and mail fraud in a corruption case centered on construction of...

Angst over the economy is sending stocks plunging once again. A disappointing retail sales report has investors convinced that the banking crisis has caused cracks in...

Much of the heat in a South Carolina congressional race comes from four years ago _ a battle over what started as a controlled burn on the farm of Republican U.S. Rep....

Leaders of the Group of Eight major industrial countries said Wednesday they will meet “in the near future” to map strategies to deal with the global...