MORTON, Wash. (AP) - The Morton School District says a history teacher who was fired but won his job back on appeal has called in sick again. Michael Moulton hasn't been in school ..

Mexican authorities have rescued six undocumented Cuban migrants who had been held for ransom for a month in Cancun, a vacation hotspot on the nation\'s Yucatan Peninsula, the state-run Notimex news agency reported Wednesday.

HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) - A lawyer for the Army private charged with giving classified material to WikiLeaks says his client has mental health problems that could avert a court-martia..

SISSETON, S.D. (AP) - Authorities say an 18-year-old South Dakota high school student stockpiled weapons and wrote about wanting to blow up his school, target individuals he hated,..

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A Nebraska newspaper is easing its ban on publishing gay marriage announcements to allow notices about legally recognized same-sex unions. Omaha World-Herald Pub..

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - A high school dropout has been arraigned on upgraded charges of first-degree murder in three of four fatal shootings outside a downtown Buffalo bar. Riccardo M..

WASHINGTON (AP) - Major banks are agreeing to give local governments and nonprofit groups the ability to buy foreclosed homes before they are sold to private investors. The Obama a..

WASHINGTON (AP) - Allergan says it will pay $600 million to settle a years-long federal investigation into how it marketed its top-selling drug Botox. The company says it will plea..

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration on Wednesday added the Pakistani Taliban to its international terrorism blacklist, targeting the group blamed for the failed car bombing ..

WASHINGTON (AP) - Construction spending tumbled in July to the lowest level in a decade, as the housing market struggles in the weak economy and without a popular home-buying tax c..

DETROIT (AP) - General Motors Co.'s August sales dipped 7 percent compared with July as fears about the shaky economy discouraged customers from buying new cars and trucks. U.S. au..

After more than seven years of American military operations in Iraq, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will help mark the transfer of U.S. military command in Iraq on Wednesday.

COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. - The President will address the nation's students on Tuesday, September 14th. September 14th is a scheduled Early Dismissal Day for all Collier County Public ..

BAGHDAD (AP) - The U.S. marks on Wednesday the transition to the final phase of the Iraq war, shifting the focus of the remaining 50,000 American troops from combat operations to p..

MIAMI (AP) - Hurricane Earl has weakened to a Category 3 storm as it threatens to sideswipe the East Coast. Meanwhile, a hurricane watch that had been effect for the North Carolina..

OCRACOKE, N.C. (AP) - About 30 vehicles have been waiting in line for the first ferry to evacuate Ocracoke Island on North Carolina's Outer Banks, as Hurricane Earl approaches. Hyd..

Four Israelis were killed in a shooting near Hebron in the West Bank on Tuesday, Israeli medical sources and the army said.

Crews have begun boring a rescue shaft to reach the 33 miners who have been trapped underground in Chile for more than three weeks, according to CNN Chile.

U.S. President Barack Obama announced the conclusion of the combat mission in Iraq, almost seven and a half years after his predecessor George W. Bush\'s \"shock and awe\" invasion of Iraq.

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair writes in a book to be published Wednesday that he feels \"anguish\" about \"the nightmare\" that occurred after the U.S.-led overthrow of Saddam Hussein in Iraq, but defends the move, according to the Daily Telegraph.