The Treasury Department says it will increase its debt auctions to handle the $700 billion rescue program for the country’s financial system.

With the $700 billion-dollar financial industry bailout bill now signed into law, the House is looking into what drove Lehman Brothers into bankruptcy.

The Federal Reserve says it will begin paying interest on commercial banks’ reserves and will expand its loan program to squeezed banks, fresh steps to help ease...

Former “American Idol” contestant LaKisha Jones has tied the knot.

The drugmaker Eli Lilly & Co. says it has agreed to buy biotechnology company ImClone Systems Inc. for more than $6 billion in a deal that would expand its...

Now, out gays and lesbians are as casually visible as the cover of People magazine, which has recently run stories on Ellen DeGeneres’ wedding to Portia de Rossi...

Officials with the presidential campaigns of John McCain and Barack Obama are trading fresh accusations of mudslinging a month before voters choose George Bush’s...

The Supreme Court opens a new term Monday with denials expected in hundreds of appeals and arguments over limits on lawsuits against tobacco companies.

Officials with the presidential campaigns of John McCain and Barack Obama are trading fresh accusations of mudslinging a month before voters choose George Bush’s...

Olympic athlete Michael Phelps recently returned to his hometown of... Wait, did I say Olympic athlete? I mean the greatest Olympian of all time with 14 Gold medals and...

U.S. and NATO allies will embrace fledgling Eastern European nations during international meetings this week, in a what will be seen as a sharp message to Russia that...

The Supreme Court opens a new term Monday. The first order of business is expected to be the denials of hundreds of appeals, followed by arguments over limits on...

Financial markets around the world had a rocky start Monday after European governments took steps to limit the damage from the growing global financial crisis. U.S....

Jurors who found O.J. Simpson guilty in his armed robbery trial say secret audio tapes and surveillance video swayed them more than witness accounts.

Harwinton residents hoping to learn about recycling policies and library hours online are out of luck.

Iran says it has not received any request from the United States to establish a diplomatic outpost in Tehran.

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

Tropical Storm Norbert continues to move westward in the Pacific while farther out in the ocean, Tropical Storm Marie has become stationary.

On a muggy afternoon, more than 3,000 immigrants, most of them Hispanic, wave flags, cheer and weep as they swear to protect and defend the United States of America as...

Both John McCain and Barack Obama have said they would shut the U.S. military detention facility at Guantánamo Bay, where about 250 men remain behind bars — some in...