President Obama added an additional $43.6 million to Democratic coffers in April, a sum his campaign says will be put to quick use to...

WASHINGTON -- For those in political circles, the next three months will be consumed by speculation about Mitt Romney’s running mate....

George Zimmerman had a broken nose, two black eyes and lacerations on the back of his head the day after his fatal confrontation with 17-...

WASHINGTON -- Ready for another debt-ceiling standoff in Congress?

Americans just lived through the hottest 12 months ever recorded, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported Tuesday.

This stunning image of the Earth, claimed to be the highest-resolution image of the planet taken from space, was produced by the Russian...

Florida prosecutors are giving a glimpse of the evidence they plan to use in their second-degree murder case against George Zimmerman, the...

The unmistakable sound of gunfire stirred the neighbors early Tuesday. Moments later, there was a knock at the front door.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the man who might well have become president of France, is suing the woman whose allegations of sexual assault...

On Monday, shortly after delivering a speech to the graduating class of Barnard College extolling the role of women in public life,...

A clandestine jail and alleged torture site under the control of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki continues to operate more...

Extending marriage rights to gays and lesbians would "strengthen families," President Obama told a group of donors at a New York...

Two months into her husband's sentence, Patti Blagojevich has shared her thoughts on visiting the Colorado prison where former Illinois Gov....

Attorneys for a former Westminster police detective will try to persuade a jury that he was under the influence of the antidepressant Zoloft...

A $2,000 pair of pocket pistols and a military rocket launcher -- sans rocket -- were among the 1,673 firearms that Los Angeles...

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- For nearly three weeks, testimony in the campaign finance corruption trial of former Sen. John Edwards has focused on...

Ron Paul, Mitt Romney’s lone remaining rival for the Republican presidential nomination, announced Monday that he would stop...

The president of Florida A&M University on Monday announced that the school's famous marching band, which has been suspended...

President Obama praised the “founding mothers,”  his female appointees and the women of his own family on Monday as he...

An official list of the nation's top 10 baby names for 2011 is out from the Social Security Administration, and the following names did...

Newsweek, which has recently become a conduit for controversy with its cover art choices, drew more attention with the debut of its latest...

NEW DELHI – A small plane with 21 people aboard crashed in Nepal Monday morning, killing 15, including the pilot and co-pilot. The...

Dozens of demonstrators dashed into the Loop building housing President Barack Obama's campaign headquarters this morning, slipping past...

An earlier version of this article misstated the status of a prosecution motion for a protective order. It has been drafted but not...

In 1988, well-heeled gay activists went to Michael Dukakis' presidential campaign with an offer to raise $1 million for his election effort.

President Obama and Mitt Romney's campaigns released Mother's Day videos Sunday, saluting each candidate's wife or mother and also injecting...

One of six young children who lost their mothers in a car accident, Sincere Terry, 4, learned Sunday that his mother was gone forever.

Sen. Rand Paul, who Friday said that President Obama's views on gay marriage “couldn't get any gayer” was sharply rebuked by...

Residents in Fort Lee, New Jersey will now get jaywalking tickets for texting while walking. (Source: ABC)