CONNECTICUT

At least 5 die in gas explosion

At least five people were killed and several were injured in a natural gas explosion at a power plant being...

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA | HEALTHCARE

Party leaders invited to talks

President Barack Obama invites leaders from both parties to discuss, in a televised gathering, possible com...

THE ECONOMY | UNEMPLOYMENT RATE

More have jobs -- but it's not over yet

While the national unemployment rate dropped to under 10 percent for the first time in seven months, the un...

JOURNALISM

Herald's Leonard Pitts honored for his `voice'

Miami Herald columnist Leonard Pitts Jr. has been named recipient of the William Allen White Foundation's N...

GUANTANAMO BAY PRISON CAMPS

Swiss to take in 2 Uighur detainees

In a rebuke to China, Switzerland said it will take two Muslim Uighurs soon to be released from Guant&aacu...

WHITE HOUSE

Poll finds mixed views about Obama's 1st year

In a new poll, more Americans felt President Barack Obama tried to do too much in his first year in office ...

THE PENTAGON

U.S. military moves to end ban on gays

The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said gays should be allowed to serve in the armed forces, and the...

Mullen says gay ban in military should be lifted

The military's top uniformed officer on Tuesday made an impassioned plea for allowing gays to serve openly ...

OBAMA BUDGET PLAN

Obama's budget proposal includes increase for women's programs

Aides denied political calculations were behind President Barack Obama's decision to include funding increa...

U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS

U.S. plan to sell arms to Taiwan sparks anger

President Barack Obama's plan to sell arms to Taiwan threatened to further undermine U.S.-China relations.

WASHINGTON

Bush lawyers won't be sanctioned

An ethics report states that Bush administration lawyers who provided the basis for interrogation technique...

Ex-officer surrenders in off-duty Philly killing

A former Philadelphia police officer has turned himself in to face murder charges in the shooting death of ...

Mass. mom guilty of murder in girl's fatal OD

A Massachusetts woman was convicted of second-degree murder Tuesday in the fatal prescription drug overdose...

Iran boosts nuclear enrichment, drawing warnings

Iranian nuclear technicians set dozens of centrifuges spinning Tuesday to begin enriching uranium stocks to...

Killer talks of KS abortion doc's death on YouTube

The convicted killer of a Kansas abortion provider has little sympathy for the family of his victim, compar...

Man charged in Detroit airport breach ordered held

3 acquitted in Ohio teen's restraint death

A jury on Tuesday acquitted three former employees of an Ohio treatment center for troubled teens of involu...

New endangered pronghorn site eyed in Arizona

Federal wildlife officials plan to move a handful of endangered Sonoran pronghorns to the Kofa National Wil...

Court halts rules on Edwards sex tape retrieval

A North Carolina court has temporarily stopped the security rules that a judge issued for the retrieval of ...

Michigan man with 100 dogs gets 5 years probation

A Michigan man who had hundreds of live and dead Chihuahuas and Chihuahua mixes in his home has been senten...

Ted Anthony named AP assistant managing editor

Police: NH man who took over Clinton office flees

The man who took hostages at a Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign office in 2007 cut off his elec...

NYC mayor wants federal promise to fund 9/11 trial

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said he is skeptical that the federal government would cover the cost...

Obama adviser slams critics of anti-terror effort

President Barack Obama's top counterterrorism adviser said Sunday that lawmakers and others are using natio...

Obama gov't asks court to dismiss Uighur case

The Obama administration is suggesting the Supreme Court dismiss a case that tests whether a federal judge ...

In rebuke to China, Swiss take 2 from Guantánamo

The Swiss government rebuffed Chinese protests Wednesday and agreed to give sanctuary to two brothers of th...

Latvia to resettle detainee

Latvia's government says it will accept one inmate from the U.S. prison at Guantánamo Bay, a citizen of a f...

GOP's Graham: No funds for civilian terror trials

Sen. Lindsey Graham plans to introduce a bipartisan bill Tuesday to block funding for civilian trials of fi...

Obama follows State of the Union with YouTube

President Barack Obama spent about 40 minutes answering video and written questions from YouTube users on t...

Axelrod: No decision yet on terror trial site

A top presidential adviser says the Obama administration hasn't decided where it will try professed Sept. 1...

Obama seeks $200M to help cities host 9/11 trials

The Obama administration is proposing a $200 million fund to help pay for security costs in cities hosting ...

Canada's top court won't force detainee's return

Canada's Supreme Court ruled Friday that it will not force the government to seek the repatriation of the y...

GUANTANAMO BAY PRISON CAMPS

Review: Most Guantánamo detainees should be released

A review of detainees held at the Guantánamo Bay prison camps provides the first specific numbers fo...