Sen. Barack Obama laid out his plan for change in America as he accepted the Democratic presidential nomination Thursday night, securing his place in history as the...

Over the past two decades, Michael Dickinson has been interviewed by reporters hundreds of times about his research on the biomechanics of insect flight. One question...

New York City’s rate of HIV infection is about three times the national rate, according to estimates released Wednesday by the New York City Department of Health...

Where do teens get junk food? In more than a third of U.S. high schools, the CDC reports.A 36-state/12-city CDC study shows that in some states, teens find it much...

Jurors in Dayton, Ohio, have reached a verdict in the case of a woman accused of killing her month-old daughter by burning the child in a microwave oven. The verdict...

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Barack Obama’s acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention was seen by more than 38 million people.

Hundreds of mourners filed into a church Friday to pay their respects to the late U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, the first black woman to represent Ohio in Congress.

Kathy Melkey stands astride some of the fault lines between Barack Obama and John McCain.

Authorities say a train has slammed into a propane tanker truck in north-central Oklahoma, triggering a large explosion that killed two people and injured a third.

General Motors Corp. says it will offer optional radios with USB ports for personal music players on most of its 2009 models.

A truck driver was released from prison Friday after serving two years for the traffic deaths of four Taylor University students and a university staff member.

Michael Jackson celebrated his 50th birthday Friday, but he’s still young at heart.

Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour says Katrina victims still living in trailers along Mississippi’s coast should begin evacuating this weekend as Gustav approaches.

If not for flooding at a remote creek, Chuck and Sally Heath might have found out by radio that their daughter, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, had been picked by John McCain...

John McCain picked Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, a conservative who shares his maverick streak, as his vice presidential running mate on Friday in a startling selection on...

General Motors Corp. said Friday it was recalling 944,000 vehicles because of a problem with a windshield wiper fluid system that could lead to a fire.

John McCain’s risky choice of Gov. Sarah Palin gives him a running mate who doubles down on his maverick image, may appeal to “hockey moms” and other...

Procter & Gamble Co. Chief Executive A.G. Lafley’s total annual pay fell by nearly 15 percent after the company’s internal financial performance slowed...

The tropical storm bearing down on the Gulf Coast could be a test for the country’s wireless carriers, which faced criticism and a regulatory push after Hurricane...