INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Tornadoes battered their school and homes, and spring break was spent cleaning up. Henryville has...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve policymakers are open to further efforts to stimulate the U.S. economy if growth...

WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director Robert Mueller said Wednesday the bureau has launched a preliminary investigation of...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Maybe the U.S. economy's strength this winter wasn't just weather-related after all. Home...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Is it really more expensive to eat healthy? An Agriculture Department study released Wednesday...

NEW YORK (AP) — Indiana Pacers president Larry Bird was voted the NBA's Executive of the Year on Wednesday, becoming...

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — After nearly a year of cancer treatment that has forced President Hugo Chavez to step back from...

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — A teacher went on trial Wednesday after publicly claiming that she was pressured to...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Within days of a drug-related slaying in suburban Cleveland, six men were indicted on charges...

ATLANTA (AP) — For the first time in 20 years, U.S. health officials have lowered the threshold for lead poisoning...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama served notice Wednesday to those seeking to disrupt Yemen's political...

NEW YORK (AP) — A sophisticated car theft ring "stalked" New Yorkers who drove Lexus SUVs and other mint-condition...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The government wants you to know that simply sporting a pair of Skechers' fitness shoes is not...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is awarding the Medal of Honor to a Pennsylvania Army specialist killed in...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A senior judge was sworn in Wednesday to head Greece's caretaker government for a month as it...

NEW YORK (AP) — A judge said Wednesday he expects to let prosecutors play for jurors at trial next week the only...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Brian McNamee conceded that the first time Roger Clemens asked for help with a "booty shot," the...

PARIS (AP) — French Socialist Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault has completed his first task on the job and named the...

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Big changes are in store for gamblers and hotel guests at the Tropicana Casino and Resort...

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Jim Abdnor, the South Dakota Republican who ousted George McGovern from the...

CAIRO (AP) — A black smoke covered Cairo's Tahrir Square. Around a dozen protesters who had been holding a weekslong...

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Jim Abdnor, the South Dakota Republican who ousted George McGovern from the...

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Honduran President Porfirio Lobo on Wednesday offered a reward of more than $150,000 for...

How many times have we asked that question across nearly four decades? "Impossible!"

WASHINGTON (AP) — Commercial air travel is at risk from terrorists who quietly get jobs at airports so that they can...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Manufacturers would have to equip large trucks and buses with safety systems that help prevent...

BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) — Politicians in the tiny nation of Guinea-Bissau say they've signed a deal that would...

JALALABAD, Afghanistan (AP) — The young man sits nearly naked in a small concrete room, a thick, heavy chain...

U.S. District Judge Denise Cote could not have sent a stronger message to Apple, Penguin, and Macmillan in an opinion...

May 16 (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday revived a Florida teacher's lawsuit against the Christian...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican Gov. Scott Walker released updated employment figures Wednesday that show Wisconsin...

GREENSBORO, N.C. , May 16 (Reuters) - The defense rested its case on Wednesday in the federal trial of ex-Senator John...

MONTREAL (AP) — Student protesters have stormed a university in Montreal in an effort to disrupt classes as the...

ALBANY, May 16 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has nominated a New York state judge to fill a vacancy in U.S....

NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball finally announced Wednesday that the 2013 All-Star game will be hosted by the...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators are proposing to require that manufacturers equip large trucks and buses with...

NEW YORK, May 16 (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors are preparing to retry a former New York Senate Majority Leader and his...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Embattled Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has released updated employment figures that show the...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling briefed Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee and economic...

NEW YORK (AP) — The price of oil continues to decline as supplies grow in the U.S. Benchmark U.S. crude on Wednesday...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — MIT provost L. Rafael Reif, an internationally recognized electrical engineer who learned to...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — State officials have launched an investigation into an anti-racism website set up by the...

WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director Robert Mueller said Wednesday the bureau has launched an investigation into who...

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey is showing renewed interest in reviving its stalled bid to join the European Union, now...

ATLANTA (AP) — For the first time in 20 years, U.S. health officials have lowered the threshold for lead poisoning...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Senate committee has approved legislation to give benefits to same-sex partners of federal workers.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The government wants you to know that simply sporting a pair of Skechers' fitness shoes is not...

The controversial natural gas extraction process known as high-volume hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking” for short,...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Jerry Sandusky again asked a judge to throw out the child sexual abuse charges against him on...

The Chicago Department of Transportation has stated that, in a decade's time, it wants to reduce the incidence of...

Many times federal or state drug charges come after an extensive investigation by investigators from several...

Enough is enough, according to Martha Coakley, Massachusetts' Attorney General, who submitted a two-part plan for...

City officials in Winston-Salem have been holding public meetings to discuss expanding the bus service or installing...

This year is an important year for estate planners. Many changes are set to occur and some of them could call for...

In 1962 a long anticipated movie, "To Kill a Mockingbird," was released. Pretty much everyone knows the story. A lone...

General Motors received a government bailout in 2009 of approximately $49.5 billion. After generating a reported $13...

Across the United States, approximately 747,408 individuals are listed on sex offender registries. Contrary to...

Motor vehicle accidents are very serious events. In an attempt to raise awareness about the seriousness of auto...

A lot of misinformation can surround personal bankruptcy, and the misinformation can make it harder for individuals...

Studies have routinely shown that the divorce rate here in the U.S. has remained relatively steady over the past...

The spring prom and graduation season brings a spike each year in underage drinking and underage driving under the...

This morning, a six-vehicle accident in Gainesville took the life of an Alachua County employee and injured three...

Florida residents had until Sunday to submit opinions as to how the state should spend $300 million it received in...

Cyclists in and around Rock Hill may not be surprised that a bicycle advocacy group ranks South Carolina toward the bottom...

Drug convictions can have devastating, life-long consequences. In St. Cloud, and across the Midwest, people who are...

Dallas, Texas, is home to a large population of federal employees. While the majority of government operations run...

Anti-domestic violence groups are apparently supporting a growing trend among states to pass legislation making...

One man residing in Arizona was recently arrested in connection for his alleged role in the January murder of a man...

Anytime you're looking at statistics, it's important to look at all the data. In some situations, what may seem like...

Litigation has become commonplace in American culture. It's hard to go a single day without hearing about a new...

The subject of alimony -- or spousal maintenance as it is called here in Arizona -- has been a regular topic on this...

The Securities and Exchange Commission recently charged a former executive at Morgan Stanley with violating the Foreign...

The daughter of an upstate New York woman killed in a fatal car crash that involved a state employee and vehicle has...

Winding through the city of Atlanta, Peachtree Street connects downtown with Buckhead and North Atlanta. The street...

Across the country, including New Jersey, the number of people filing for bankruptcy this year is estimated at 1.21...

Last month, a committee of state legislators passed a proposed bill that is designed to legalize those workers who...

A disturbing article by William Glaberson and Lisa Foderaro in the New York Times today talks about the danger of...

Boston University is in mourning, after three undergraduates of the school, who were studying abroad in New Zealand,...

We talk about it all the time on this blog and when you read the news, the sentiment is no different -- the issue of...

The War on Crime in the United States might sound very high and mighty, but history has shown us that this so-called...

In our last post, we talked about Shawn's frustrations with the legal system in Minnesota. Shawn lived in the Twin...

More than 25 million residents of the United States may suffer because they have inadequate translation at medical...

Some charges are particularly serious. Sex crimes that involve children, such as possession of child pornography in...

A rug and carpet manufacturer in Calhoun, Georgia, has been cited for exposing its employees to a variety of...

Utah residents have a constitutional right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures, but the U.S. Supreme...

Statistics show that approximately 25 million people in the U.S. may need translation services when seeking medical...

A surprising new research study, completed by the Society of Automotive Engineers, has found that the highly...

The month of May is Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month. Throughout the country states are talking steps to mark the...

Earlier this week, we told you about one woman's fight to survive a rare form of liver cancer, her experience with the...

Many people associate their personal success with their worth. As such, when they struggle with their finances, they...

Chicago has a long-standing tradition as a center of trade and commerce since its early days as a destination for...

A Midwestern firm has been cited by the Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration in...

An accident that killed three generations of a Bronx family may have been the wake-up call New York City needed. In...

Though neither party may want to take it on, Social Security Disability benefits may prove to be a hot topic of...

Not all undocumented immigrants are taking advantage of a discretion program offered by the U.S. government. Instead,...

In 2011, President Barack Obama proclaimed April to be National Financial Literacy Month. The initiative was created...

Then-President Woodrow Wilson declared Mothers Day a national holiday in the United States in 1914. Although the U.S....

Complaints filed with the United States District Court alleges that five large U.S. based banks have engaged in...