Latest US News...  (search above)

Word that Tiger Woods was involved in an early morning car accident likely rattled not just fans, but also the broad swath of major corporations that rely on Woods' star power to sell everything from sports drinks, t-shirts and razors ...

NEW YORK - Mayor Michael Bloomberg spent at least $102 million to narrowly win a third term, breaking his previous records for the most expensive self-financed political bid in US history, according to a report released Friday by his campaign.

Call it the calm before the storm: Next week, President Obama must unveil his Afghanistan policy in a speech that, our friends at Politico note this morning, risks alienating his party's liberal wing.

WASHINGTON - After radio contact was finally re-established with the Northwest Airlines plane that flew 150 miles past its destination last month, a controller twice asked the pilots why they had stopped answering radio calls, ...

I am unable to see Eric Holder's decision to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in New York City as anything other than a lose-lose situation for the administration ("Eric Holder's Baffling KSM Decision" by David Beamer, op-ed, Nov. 21): Many independents like ...

Paul Michael Merhige, the man police believe killed four and wounded two at a family Thanksgiving dinner in Jupiter, killing four and wounding two, has a history of mental problems and suicide attempts, according to a handyman who ...

WEST HARTFORD, Conn. - Ralph Nader says he wants to gauge the level of grass-roots support before deciding whether to make a bid to represent Connecticut in the Senate.

SC Attorney General Henry mcmaster said Wednesday his involvement in the investigation into allegations against Gov. Mark Sanford is not a political conflict of interest.

"The cave will serve as the final resting place for John Edward Jones," said Utah County Sheriff's Sgt. Spencer Cannon.

After engineering an unprecedented spending surge for nearly a year, President Barack Obama now wants to signal that he takes deficits seriously.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (CBS/AP) Devon Hollahan, a 22-year-old Arizona man who teaches English overseas, vanished during a concert in Germany last weekend.

METHUEN - There is one thing that Mary Jo Coady wants to make clear to anyone who hears about her, reads about her, or tries to dismiss her - she is not trying to convince anyone that the bottom of her steam iron truly ...

By AP The National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory for New Jersey until noon on Saturday. A wind advisory means that sustained winds of 35 mph, with higher gusts, are expected.

AP TRENTON, NJ - New Jersey, one of 10 states singled out for its fiscal troubles in a national study this month, is about to wield a budget ax again on programs and services as tax revenues continue to take a beating.

A bedrock premise of smart immigration reform is the sharp distinction it draws between criminal aliens and Americans-in-waiting. While it acknowledges that illegal immigrants need to get right with the law, it treats illegal status as a civil matter ...