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Obama gets storm update, sends officials to states
President Barack Obama said Saturday that "there's nothing more important than us getting this right" as he visited the headquarters of the Federal ...
Look at some scenarios for Election Day headaches
Mitt Romney would love an election like 1980, when Republicans carried 44 of the 50 states. President Barack Obama would be delighted with a repeat ...
Border agents in contact before deadly shooting
A new report into a shooting that left a U.S. Border Patrol agent dead says three agents responding to an alarm were apparently in radio contact as ...
Battered by storm, Staten Islanders feel forgotten
Gazing at her bungalow, swept from its foundation and tossed across the street, Janice Clarkin wondered if help would ever come to this battered ...
Romney warns against re-electing Obama
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney warned Friday that re-electing his Democratic opponent would threaten another government shutdown and ...
Iraq war contractor ordered to pay $85 million
A jury on Friday ordered an American military contractor to pay $85 million after finding it guilty of negligence for illnesses suffered by a dozen ...
Obama orders fuel to be sent to areas hit by Sandy
The Obama administration is ordering the purchase of up to 12 million gallons of unleaded fuel and up to 10 million gallons of diesel fuel for ...
Babysitter charged in 2 killings gave no warnings
Prosecutors say the mother of a 5-year-old girl stabbed to death this week would have had no hint that something might be wrong when she left her ...
US officials counter reports on Benghazi attacks
The Pentagon provided more details Friday of the military response to the assault on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, as questions continue to ...
Final 10-mile trek for space shuttle Atlantis
Accompanied by a fleet of astronauts spanning NASA's entire existence, Atlantis made a slow, solemn journey to retirement Friday, the last space ...
Hyundai, Kia overstated gas mileage, EPA finds
Hyundai and Kia overstated the gas mileage on 900,000 vehicles in the past three years, a discovery that could result in sanctions from the U.S.
Justice Department dispatches poll watchers
More than 780 federal observers and Justice Department employees will be dispatched to 51 voting jurisdictions in 23 states for Tuesday's voting in ...
Texas asks FBI to investigate helicopter shooting
Texas state police said Friday they have asked for a federal investigation of a chase in which a trooper fired on a fleeing pickup truck from a ...
Indiana complicates GOP's Senate math
Fresh signs that Democrats could snatch Indiana's Senate seat from the Republicans make it distinctly harder for the GOP to seize the Senate majority ...
Cuba denounces US diplomats
Cuba denounced the American diplomatic mission on the island on Friday for what it called subversive activities designed to undermine the government ...
Senators: US gets access to Libya attack suspect
The Tunisian government will allow the United States access to a suspect in the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, two senators said ...
Gruesome video raises concerns about Syria rebels
A video that appears to show a unit of Syrian rebels kicking terrified, captured soldiers and then executing them with machine guns raised concerns ...
AP NewsBreak: Obama backs Murphy in new TV ad
President Barack Obama is appearing in a new TV ad, urging Connecticut voters to support Democratic U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy for the U.S. Senate.
Coast Guard base preps recruits for daring rescues
At a new Coast Guard training facility here, rescue swimmers jump from a 12-foot tower into a wave pool as large fans blow 70 mph wind at them.
Gov't moves to allow oil tankers in Northeast
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on Friday temporarily waived a maritime rule to allow foreign oil tankers coming from the Gulf of Mexico ...
Pentagon saw chance for hostage mission in Libya
The Pentagon says that the U.S. military was ready within a few hours of the terrorist attacks on U.S. outposts in eastern Libya to respond to ...
Obama and Romney: Where they stand on the issues
A look at where Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican presidential rival Mitt Romney stand on a selection of issues, in brief: ABORTION and ...
Coast Guard probing cause of tall ship's sinking
The Coast Guard has ordered a formal investigation into the sinking of a famous tall ship off the coast of North Carolina during Hurricane Sandy.