House Democrats on Wednesday headed off a wide-ranging request by Republicans for documents on private meetings that White House officials had last year with

WASHINGTON  — Government safety officials Tuesday announced a recall of more than 500,000 drop-side cribs sold at Buy Buy Baby, Kmart, Wal-Mart and other

President Barack Obama said Tuesday U.S. policy makers should be able to reach a bipartisan consensus on high-profile issues such as health care and energy,

Google on Tuesday gave its free email service a "Buzz," adding Twitter and Facebook style social networking features.

A Massachusetts woman has been found guilty of second-degree murder in the fatal prescription drug overdose of her 4-year-old daughter.

The convicted killer of a Kansas abortion provider has little sympathy for the family of his victim, comparing them to the relatives of a hit man in a recording posted online.

First Lady Michelle Obama on Tuesday unveiled a nationwide campaign to combat childhood obesity, saying the epidemic is “a wake up call” for the country.

The rarely shuttered U.S. government closed down for a second day Tuesday, as the northeast braced for another massive snow blitz just days after a historic

Los Angeles' famous Hollywood sign will be covered up Thursday with a sign that reads "Save the Peak", after a conservation group successfully bought the land

Even as Republicans publicly welcome President Barack Obama's call for a bipartisan confab on health care, some privately worry that he might be laying a trap

The death of the father of Olympic skater Nancy Kerrigan was ruled a homicide Tuesday when an autopsy showed he died of a heart rhythm problem after a fight with his son in which

The man who took hostages at a Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign office in 2007 cut off his electronic monitoring bracelet Tuesday, then fled, and he is considered

A Rutgers University graduate student from China charged with breaching security at Newark Liberty International Airport is due in court Tuesday. Watch the

State Farm Insurance Company warned U.S. safety regulators of problems with the accelerator system of Toyota Motor vehicles in 2007, according to Tuesday's

Two more suspicious church fires burned late Monday night in an east Texas county, bringing the total of churches burned since the beginning of the year to 10.