A New York City panel says it is not a conflict of interest for council members to vote on changing a term-limits law.

Ryan O’Neal and his son, Redmond, were charged Wednesday with possession of methamphetamine.

Ryan O’Neal and his son, Redmond, have been charged with possession of methamphetamine in Malibu, California. Both men are charged with felony drug possession,...

A member of the state parole board accused of using the Internet to set up a meeting for sex with underage girls has resigned, the board’s chairman said...

The estate of a department store heir says in a lawsuit that Jay Leno was illegally sold a valuable automobile at a sham auction.

Police in St. Maarten have arrested the husband of a missing Southern California woman on suspicion of involvement in her disappearance.

A tight race for Trent Lott’s old U.S. Senate seat is getting nasty, with the Republican incumbent slamming his Democratic challenger in a television ad that uses...

Prosecutors say a homeless man told them he killed a New York City college student because he was bored.

Residents of the San Fernando Valley breathed air free of smoke and ash for the first time in four days Wednesday under brilliant blue skies.

Ryan O’Neal and his son, Redmond, have been charged with possession of methamphetamine in Malibu, California.

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear Richard Hatch’s appeal of his conviction for failing to pay taxes on the $1 million prize he won on the debut season...

Across the country, authorities are becoming concerned that the nation’s financial woes could turn increasingly violent, and they are urging people to get help....

Xilinx Inc., which designs programmable chips, said Wednesday that its quarterly profit declined 9 percent as North American sales slumped. Overall sales rose 9...

A city police officer was cleared of wrongdoing in the fatal shooting of an unarmed man fleeing a New Year’s party as police and multiple suspects exchanged...

Retreating as they brace for congressional losses, Republicans have canceled television advertising in a key Senate race in Louisiana and scaled back ads in eight...

John McCain, a senior member of the Senate committee that oversees the telecom industry, now has cell phone coverage at the family’s ranch near Sedona, Ariz.,...

Close to one in every three newly registered Ohio voters will end up on court-ordered lists being sent to county election boards because they have some discrepancy in...

A jury has ended its first day of deliberations in the case of a New York City woman accused of allegedly standing by as her husband beat her 7-year-old daughter to...

Advice to the next president from George W. Bush’s former homeland security adviser: Tell the public quickly and clearly how you plan to protect the country from...

A publicist for Brad Paisley says Paisley and his wife, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, are expecting their second child.