Posted: 1:24 PM Mayor Michael Bloomberg is proposing a ban on the sale of large sodas and other sugary drinks in the city's restaurants, delis and movie theaters in the hopes of combating obesity

Posted: 1:22 PM Jurors are hearing closing arguments in a landmark priest-abuse case in Philadelphia. Monsignor William Lynn is on trial for allegedly endangering children as secretary for clergy from 1992 to 2004.

Posted: 1:20 PM President Barack Obama is welcoming his favorite foil, former President George W. Bush, back to the White House on Thursday for the official unveiling of Bush's portrait.

Posted: 10:43 AM An appeals court has ruled that the heart of the law that denies a host of federal benefits to same-sex married couples is unconstitutional.

Posted: 7:09 AM The SpaceX Dragon capsule left the International Space Station early Thursday and aimed for a Pacific splashdown to end its historic flight.

Posted: 6:30 AM President Barack Obama is welcoming former President George W. Bush, back to the White House on Thursday for the official unveiling of Bush's portrait.

Posted: 6:01 AM Now, with the city of Los Angeles taking the first step in outlawing them, the humble little polyethylene bag may be headed for the trash heap of history.

Posted: 5:58 AM Legislation coming up for a House vote would make it a federal crime to carry out an abortion based on the gender of the fetus.

Posted: 5:55 AM The world's air has reached what scientists call a troubling new milestone for carbon dioxide, the main global warming pollutant.

Posted: 5:53 AM Escalating violence in Syria has become the ultimate no-win political situation for President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney.

Posted: 5:50 AM A city already anxious about a recent spate of shootings was rattled further when a man walked into an arts cafe near a Seattle university and opened fire, fatally wounding four people.

Posted: 7:35 PM A suspect in the shooting spree at a Seattle cafe shot himself as investigators closed in on him Wednesday, police said.

Posted: 3:21 PM A public interest group says as many as 900 colleges are pushing students into using payment cards that carry hefty costs, sometimes even to access students' financial aid money.

Posted: 3:20 PM The Treasury Department is levying sanctions on a key Syrian bank as it seeks to ratchet up economic pressure on President Bashar Assad's regime.

Posted: 3:18 PM Demand for the delicacy created by force-feeding ducks through funnel-like tubes has never been higher as diners sate their palates with a product that soon will be banned

Posted: 3:15 PM The grainy video shows workers at Ontario Livestock Sales in Ontario, Calif., kicking and stomping on pigs to get them to move through a narrow chute

Posted: 3:12 PM More than two dozen gay and lesbian couples filed lawsuits Wednesday arguing that it's unconstitutional for Illinois to deny them the right to marry.

Posted: 3:09 PM A massive wildfire that has burned more than 265 square miles in the Gila National Forest has become the largest fire in New Mexico history, fire officials confirmed Wednesday.

Posted: 3:08 PM President Barack Obama's campaign is opening a new critique of Mitt Romney, focusing attention on the Republican's economic record as governor of Massachusetts.

Posted: 3:06 PM Dharun Ravi appeared in state court to formally put on the record his decision to report to jail Thursday and waive his right not to be punished twice for the same crime.

Posted: 6:29 AM Isaac Lamb acknowledges that his five- minute, block-long choreographed build-up to a marriage proposal has upped the stakes for everyone who follows.

Posted: 5:43 AM Like two aging baby boomers, "Funky Winkerbean" and creator Tom Batiuk have turned gray and have experienced their share of life's ups and downs in a 40-year run on the funny pages.

Posted: 5:39 AM A health insurance tax credit for small businesses, part of President Barack Obama's health care law that gets strong support in public opinion polls, has turned out to be a disappointment.

Posted: 5:29 AM From the folk revival of the 1960s to the Americana movement of the 21st century, Watson remained a constant source of inspiration and a treasured touchstone before his death Tuesday at age 89.

Posted: 5:22 AM Nestled nearly 5,000 feet beneath the earth in the gold boom town of Lead, S.D., is a laboratory that could help scientists answer some pretty heavy questions about life, its origins and the universe.