1 of 7. House Speaker John Boehner departs the Republican caucus meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington July 28, 2011. By Kim Dixon and Donna Smith WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Mounting worries over the risk of a US debt default rattled global stocks and the ...

KILLEEN, Texas - An AWOL Muslim soldier from Fort Campbell, Ky., who had been granted conscientious objector status will face federal charges after bomb-making materials were found in his motel room near Fort Hood in Texas, an FBI spokesman said ...

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie gestures while being interviewed by former NBC anchor Tom Brokaw (not pictured) in a group session during the third day of the Sun Valley Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho on July 8, 2011.

(CBS/AP) STEWARTSTOWN, NH - The search for missing 11-year-old New Hampshire girl Celina Cass has been joined by FBI child abduction specialists.

MANCHESTER, NH - Former New York Governor George Pataki said today that he is still “seriously considering” a run for president.

Detroit's finance director resigned Monday as Mayor Dave Bing "is redefining roles and responsibilities within the administration," a spokesman said.

Larry Stone, 32, discovered the quirk when his first call from the Lake County jail for about $20 didn't go through but showed up twice in the trust account as a refund, the newspaper's Arelis R. Hernández writes.

PHILADELPHIA -- A Roseville woman accused of making threats on board a flight is due in a Philadelphia courtroom on Thursday. Authorities said Hanna Shiner was arrested at Philadelphia International Airport after she made threats on board a flight ...

By AP, WASHINGTON - Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is urging lawmakers to pass a bill to put the Federal Aviation Administration back in business.

WASHINGTON--US Rep. Joe Walsh of McHenry owes more than $100000 in child support and interest to his former wife, she alleges in a Cook County Circuit Court filing.

Jack Daniel McCullough, accused of the 1957 abduction and murder of then seven-year-old Maria Ridulph of Sycamore, Illinois, appears at a hearing in King County Superior Court in Seattle, Washington on July 20, 2011 to waive his right to an extradition ...

AUSTIN, Texas - With Rick Perry's record getting presidential-level scrutiny, one crack in his conservative credentials could pose a serious problem - signing a bill giving in-state tuition to illegal ...

Lloyd Schofield crusaded for San Francisco to vote on a circumcision ban across the county, but now, a judge has called it "expressly preempted" by state law.

Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. speaks to the media after a hearing in his case against former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn at the New York State Supreme Courthouse in New York July 1, 2011.

San Angelo, Texas • Warren Jeffs attempted to fire all his lawyers again Thursday morning and asked to represent himself in his sexual assault trial.

Two passengers onboard an American Airlines flight from Miami to San Francisco allegedly beat a pilot Wednesday while the plane was taxiing.

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Residents of about 250 Antelope Valley homes who were forced to evacuate after a derailed freight train triggered fears of a hazardous material spill were allowed to return home early Thursday.

California gene-testing company 23 and Me will give away 10000 free gene tests for African-Americans - including about 2500 of those at the National Urban League conference at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center this weekend.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. -- Richard Chavez, who helped brother Cesar Chavez build the United Farmworkers of America, has died at the age of 81.