COLUMBUS, Ohio – State by state, Republicans are moving at light speed on a conservative agenda they would have had no hope of achieving before the big election gains of November. The dividends are...

PYONGYANG, North Korea – Amid a burst of fireworks and a haze of smoke, a burly showman in a white sequined suit and gold lame cape appears with a flourish. Over the next 45 minutes, he appears to make...

After the whirlwind revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt that culminated in the expulsions of longtime rulers Zine al-Abidine bin Ali and Hosni Mubarak respectively, Yemen has opted to embark on its...

The price of oil reached over $108 per barrel last Monday; such an increase has not been seen in 30 months. The reason behind the hike up, however, is less clear. Many point the finger at the ongoing...

After years of debating whether the five suspects from the September 11 attacks will face federal or military court, it has finally been decided. Instead of facing federal court in New York, they...

Introducing the latest weapon in the fight against unemployment: McDonalds? The fast food giant announced that it will be hiring as many as 50,000 new employees on a single day, Tuesday April 19. This...

NEW ORLEANS – In the year since the Gulf oil spill, officials along the coast have gone on a spending spree with BP money, dropping tens of millions of dollars on gadgets, vehicles and gear — much...

WASHINGTON – The U.S. government has prevented more than 350 people suspected of ties to al-Qaida and other terrorist groups from boarding U.S.-bound commercial flights since the end of 2009, The Associated...

NATORI, Japan – A month after Japan's earthquake and tsunami, the challenges seem as daunting as ever: Thousands are missing and feared dead, tens of thousands have fled their homes, a leaking nuclear...

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama formally launched his re-election campaign Monday, urging grass-roots supporters central to his first White House run to mobilize again to protect the change...

In San Francisco, there is an investigation going on into a bomb that was inside a newspaper issue that exploded when an innocent man picked it up in his driveway to read the most recent news stories....

Is it safe to drink rainwater? Despite recent reports of radioidine-131, a form of radiation, having been discovered in Massachusetts precipitation, the answer remains yes. Radioactive iodine has also...

TOKYO – Workers used a milky bathwater dye Monday as they frantically tried to trace the path of radioactive water seeping into the ocean from Japan’s tsunami-damaged nuclear plant. The crack in...

BREGA, Libya – Libyan rebels on Monday took back much of a strategic oil town that has repeatedly changed hands in weeks of battles with Moammar Gadhafi’s forces along the nation’s northern coast. There...

YUMA, Ariz. – Three more Southwest Airlines jetliners have small, subsurface cracks that are similar to the cracks suspected of playing a role in the fuselage tear of a Boeing 737-300, causing the aircraft...