Posted: 10:59 AM Gwinnett County police didn't immediately release the name of the dead man or discuss details of the operation. However, the firefighters and a wounded police officer were treated at a nearby hospital
Posted: 10:57 AM The Florida parents charged with kidnapping their boys after losing custody and fleeing to Cuba by sailboat are facing a judge for the first time since they were forcibly returned from the island nation.
Posted: 10:56 AM It sounds like a mismatch: An illustrious Republican president's son supporting a Democrat-turned-independent, ex-Obama administration official in his quest to run for New York City mayor on the GOP line.
Posted: 10:54 AM A man accused of stabbing more than a dozen people at a Houston-area college is set to make his first court appearance since being charged in the attack.
Posted: 10:44 AM The Senate is ready to launch an emotion-charged debate on new gun restrictions, four months after the carnage at a Connecticut elementary school spurred Congress to address firearms violence.
Posted: 10:41 AM Advocates for seniors say President Barack Obama is breaking his promise to protect Social Security, while conservatives say he is breaking his promise not to raise taxes on the middle class.
Posted: 10:36 AM Hagel and Dempsey were to testify Thursday before the House Armed Services Committee on Obama's 2014 defense budget, a day after Obama unveiled the $526.6 billion proposal
Posted: 10:35 AM It turns out that the costs of the Affordable Care Act — Obamacare to its unyielding Republican foes— are sprinkled here and there through hundreds of pages of budget books.
Posted: 8:07 AM U.S. doctors are prescribing enough antibiotics to give them to 4 out of 5 Americans every year, an alarming pace that suggests they are being overused, a new government study finds.
Posted: 8:05 AM President Barack Obama's new budget offers Medicare cuts to entice Republicans into tax negotiations, while plowing ahead to cover the uninsured next year under the health care law the GOP has bitterly fought to repeal.
Posted: 6:49 AM Toyota, Honda and Nissan are recalling more than 2 million vehicles globally for an identical problem with air bags on the passenger side whose inflator may burst, sending plastic pieces flying.
Posted: 3:11 PM Despite the retreat, the governing board said Wednesday that it's not possible for the Postal Service to meet its goals for reduced spending without altering the delivery schedule.
Posted: 3:09 PM Two pivotal senators announced a bipartisan deal Wednesday on expanding background checks to more gun buyers, an agreement that could build support for President Barack Obama's drive to curb firearms violence.
Posted: 3:05 PM President Barack Obama sent Congress a $3.8 trillion spending blueprint on Wednesday that strives to achieve a "grand bargain" to tame runaway deficits, raising taxes on the wealthy and trimming popular benefit programs
Posted: 2:55 PM House lawmakers expected to finalize legislation Wednesday that would give the federal government a broader role helping banks, manufacturers and other businesses protect themselves against cyberattacks.
Posted: 2:44 PM President Barack Obama's budget plan would increase taxes by $580 billion over the next decade, but it relies on many proposals that have been repeatedly rejected by Congress.
Posted: 10:16 AM Officials say a 78-year-old man tied a puppy to train tracks in the California desert, and an engineer had to use emergency brakes to keep from crushing it.
Posted: 9:42 AM Two key senators plan to announce a bipartisan deal on background checks for gun shows and Internet sales at an 11 a.m. press conference Wednesday.
Posted: 9:38 AM The elephant, Carol, is part of a circus in town for a series of performances. The Asian elephant was in an outside area of the Tupelo BancorpSouth Arena.
Posted: 6:48 PM More than a dozen people were wounded when a suspect went building-to-building in an apparent stabbing attack at a Texas college campus Tuesday, authorities said.
Posted: 12:07 PM A 6-year-old New Jersey boy is in stable condition after he was accidentally shot in the head by his 4-year-old neighbor on Monday evening, police said.
Posted: 10:08 AM Thousands of the toys and other gifts that poured into Newtown following the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School ended up going to children's hospitals
Posted: 10:07 AM The last call for drinks is 2 a.m. in California, but one lawmaker believes that's just too early to set down the shot glasses and beer steins.
Posted: 9:51 AM Evidence gathered in an investigation of a fatal medical helicopter crash has raised questions about whether the pilot was distracted by personal text messages when he failed to refuel the helicopter
Posted: 9:43 AM Senate Democrats are approaching decision time on whether they should try to get Republican support for expanding background checks for firearms sales
