New Jersey is powering up an ambitious plan to become a world leader in the use of wind-generated energy.

In the wake of the priest-abuse crisis, the Roman Catholic archdiocese of Philadelphia debuted a short film that urges teens to report sexual violence.

Quintin Watts had a lengthy criminal record, a history of substance abuse and a string of motor vehicle offenses. Even his mother says he wasn’t a good driver.

For years, Massachusetts was known derisively as “Taxachusetts.” But voters could help shed that label in November by completely eliminating the...

GOP presidential nominee John McCain has past connections to a private group that supplied aid to guerrillas seeking to overthrow the leftist government of Nicaragua in...

Nearly two decades later, John McCain is still haunted by his role in the Keating Five scandal.

Even when he thought no one was listening but his old friend Bill Allen, Sen. Ted Stevens repeatedly proclaimed his innocence in an Alaskan corruption investigation in...

A National Transportation Safety Board investigative hearing on a fatal January bus crash in Texas will focus on commercial passenger vehicles that do not comply with...

The government’s rescue of American International Group Inc. last month is getting a critical eye from lawmakers examining the chain of events that forced a $700...

Tuesday night’s presidential debate offers Republican John McCain one of his last best chances to stop Democrat Barack Obama’s recent surge in the race and...

It’s one of Republican presidential candidate John McCain’s most surefire applause lines, a vow to veto pork barrel spending like the road and bridge...

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. will announce Tuesday it is spinning off its manufacturing operations as part of a sweeping plan to cut cuts, The Wall Street Journal...

An autopsy report for slain University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard is among numerous autopsy records missing from the Albany County coroner’s office, the...

John McCain’s campaign is criticizing Barack Obama for his ties to a former radical who engaged in violent acts four decades ago, but McCain himself was closely...

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...