Oil prices shot up $6 a barrel Thursday, rising to the highest level in two weeks as escalating tensions with Russia stoked fears of a disruption of energy shipments to...

A West Texas grand jury is meeting again to consider possible charges against members of a polygamist group.

Stocks fell Thursday as another rise in oil prices fanned inflation concerns and as investors grew more anxious about the financial sector.

A law enforcement official says a 16-year-old student has died after a shooting in a Knoxville, Tenn. high school cafeteria.

Police arrested a man Thursday in the 1985 killing of a 13-year-old boy whose body was found months after he left home on a bicycle.

Former “American Idol” contestant Sanjaya (san-JY’-yah) has gone from “pitchy” to pitchman.

A burglary suspect wanted in four states was holed up in a western Maryland hotel Thursday with a woman believed to be his pregnant girlfriend, and had threatened to...

Shares of troubled mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac continued their freefall Thursday, as market expectations grew that the government would...

A private business group says its measure of the economy’s health fell more than expected in July, pushed lower by declines in the stock market, drops in new...

Barnes & Noble Inc., the nation’s largest bookseller, said Thursday that second-quarter profit fell 15 percent as it confronts sluggish consumer spending.

Many people in Medicare with diabetes, high blood pressure and other chronic conditions stop taking their medicine when faced with picking up the entire cost of their...

Burger King Holdings Inc., the nation’s No. 2 hamburger chain, said Thursday its profit surged 42 percent in its fiscal fourth quarter, driven by a rise in sales...

If a kid’ll eat the middle of an Oreo first, does the same go for a Hydrox? A new generation of children are getting a chance to find out.

Police say they’ve taken a suspect into custody after a shooting in the cafeteria of a Knoxville, Tenn. high school.

Rhode Island’s Roman Catholic bishop is calling on U.S. authorities to halt mass immigration raids and says agents who refuse to participate in such raids on...

Stocks are falling in early trading amid growing anxiety over the financial sector, particularly mortgage financiers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the investment bank...

John McCain and Barack Obama say they are agreeing to hold three presidential debates and one vice presidential debate this fall.

I did some research and found a great article on MSNBC.com that discussed the rising popularity of eco-friendly burials. Here are two entirely different yet very green...

Trying to keep the Michael Phelps glow, NBC has agreed to televise next year’s World Swimming Championships from Rome along with the 2010 and 2011 national...

Police say they’ve taken a suspect into custody after a shooting at a Knoxville, Tenn. high school.