The number of newly laid-off workers requesting unemployment benefits slipped last week, the latest sign the employment picture is slowly brightening.

U.S. highway deaths have fallen to their lowest levels since the 1950s.

Corey Haim's story is sadly familiar in Hollywood: A teen talent who discovered drugs as he tasted his first success and whose personal problems increased as

A 7-year-old boy who called 911 from a locked bathroom while armed robbers threatened his parents hugged and high-fived on Wednesday the sheriff's dispatcher

Tornadoes have struck parts of Arkansas, injuring four people and destroying a handful of homes.

Two Marine Corps fighter pilots have been rescued from the ocean off South Carolina after their aircraft went down.

A New Jersey man with apocalyptic visions is accused of years of terrorizing his family, raping his five daughters and impregnating three, beating his children

Facing potential bankruptcy, the board that governs the once flush-with-cash Kansas City school district is taking the unusual and contentious step of

A final agreement nearly in hand, President Barack Obama and Democratic leaders are about to embark on one last sales job that will determine the outcome of

House GOP leaders are pushing rank-and-file Republicans to break their addiction to pet projects by going cold turkey and giving up the long-cherished practice

When the Postal Service wants to close a local office, it should give residents more notice and an increased chance to air their concerns and comments, the

The foreclosure crisis isn't over, but the pace of growth may finally be slowing down.

The Senate voted Wednesday to extend a host of soon-to-expire elements of last year's economic stimulus measure, including help for the jobless and money to

The government ran up the largest monthly deficit in history in February, keeping the flood of red ink on track to top last year's record for the full year.

Unemployment rose in 30 states in January, the Labor Department said Wednesday, evidence that jobs remain scarce in most regions of the country.