The Department of Defense will again investigate allegations that the Army Corps of Engineers let a contractor install faulty pumps after Hurricane Katrina despite a...

A man accused of choking an 85-year-old woman in an elevator and stealing her cane and cash was arrested after a detective saw the surveillance video and recognized him...

Rescue crews have made verbal contact with two teenage boys who fell through a snow field near a mountain summit east of Seattle.

Nine polar bears were observed in one day swimming in open ocean off Alaska’s northwest coast, an increase from previous surveys that may indicate warming...

Search and rescue crews are trying to find two teenagers who apparently fell through a snow field near a mountain summit east of Seattle.

A major voting machine maker has cautioned its customers in 34 states to look out for a programming error that may cause votes to be dropped.

Prosecutors reviewing the death of a New York City woman who died in police custody at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport last year said Thursday that they have...

A 33-year-old man who authorities say wore a “World’s Greatest Dad” T-shirt to have sex with what he believed was a 14-year-old girl has been...

Authorities say a threatening letter containing an unidentified white powder was sent to a John McCain campaign office in the Denver suburb of Centennial, and a similar...

They had no water, hardly any air and no way out.

Search and rescue crews are trying to dig out two teenagers trapped in a collapsed snow cave near a mountain summit east of Seattle.

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market:

It’s Love, Angel, Music, Baby for Gwen Stefani, who’s given birth to her second child, a boy.

A congressional committee on Thursday asked for an investigation into a counterterrorism database software upgrade that it says is months behind schedule, millions over...

Military leaders have suspended some activities at biological research laboratories to review safety rules for some of the world’s deadliest germs and toxins,...

A federal judge delayed the planned execution of an inmate Thursday pending an evaluation to determine if the inmate is able to understand why he is to be put to...

Alabama, pushed to third in national obesity rankings by deep-fried Southern favorites, is cracking down on state workers who are too fat.

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s delegates will have their own organizers on the floor of the Democratic National Convention, an unusual move at a convention that is...

Authorities say a threatening letter containing an unidentified white powder was sent to a John McCain campaign office in the Denver suburb of Centennial. A hazardous...

A Texas grand jury has issued three new indictments against members of a polygamist sect whose ranch was raided in April.