Posted: 10:33 AM Republicans on the House Oversight Committee were to take the first formal step Thursday toward contempt proceedings against Attorney General Eric Holder over the Fast and Furious "gunwalking" operation.

Posted: 10:16 AM Five people died in a shooting Wednesday at a Phoenix-area home, where the investigation is being slowed by concerns there could be hazardous materials in 55-gallon drums in the backyard.

Posted: 10:11 AM The number of people seeking unemployment benefits fell last week by the most in more than three months. The figure was a hopeful sign one day before the government releases the April jobs report.

Posted: 10:04 AM Two federal agents were shot Thursday morning in Petaluma California, during an Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation.

Posted: 7:48 AM After two days of being handcuffed in a tiny holding cell, Daniel Chong said he realized he had to stop wondering when he'd be let out and start thinking about how to stay alive.

Posted: 7:10 AM The rural Chinese activist at the center of a diplomatic standoff between Washington and Beijing now wants to leave China with his family, a U.S. spokeswoman said.

Posted: 5:48 AM One of the most iconic images in art history has become the most expensive artwork ever sold at auction.

Posted: 5:21 AM Tossing out President Barack Obama's health care law would have major unintended consequences for Medicare's payment systems, the administration has quietly informed the courts.

Posted: 5:18 AM Junior Seau's apparent suicide stunned an entire city and saddened former teammates who recalled the former NFL star's ferocious tackles and habit of calling everybody around him "Buddy."

Updated: 9:51 PM The Rev. Billy Graham is urging North Carolina voters to support an amendment to the state constitution banning gay marriage.

Updated: 5:46 PM Gilbert police Lt. John Lyle told The Arizona Republic that authorities aren't looking for a suspect in Wednesday afternoon's shooting at a home.

Posted: 3:50 PM Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich suspended his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination, saying, "today I am suspending the campaign, but suspending the campaign does not mean suspending citizenship."

Posted: 3:27 PM The prosecutor announced the charges at a news conference Wednesday. State Attorney Lawson Lamar says 11 of the 13 people charged will face the felony charge.

Posted: 11:01 AM Avery Canahuati, a baby who inspired countless readers as she raised awareness while struggling with a rare disease, has died.

Posted: 10:56 AM A New Jersey mom charged after taking her 5-year-old daughter into a stand-up tanning booth, where authorities say the girl suffered burns.

Posted: 10:48 AM More teens are smoking dope, with nearly 1 in 10 lighting up at least 20 or more times a month, according to a new survey of young people.

Posted: 10:43 AM The fastest growth in U.S. manufacturing in 10 months gave stocks a lift Tuesday and pushed the Dow Jones industrial average to its highest close in more than four years.

Posted: 10:38 AM Mitt Romney's spokesman on foreign policy issues abruptly quit Tuesday after anti-gay conservatives made an issue of his outspoken support for gay marriage.

Posted: 10:19 AM Later today, Newt Gingrich is set to - finally - suspend his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination.

Posted: 7:07 AM A blind Chinese legal activist at the center of a diplomatic tussle between Washington and Beijing left the U.S. Embassy on Wednesday after six days inside.

Posted: 6:47 AM Authorities in the U.S. have accused a divorced Palestinian man of illegally moving his three children from their home in Kansas to his native Gaza earlier this year.

Posted: 5:54 AM And the winner is ... a man who drills his own holes in a frozen river to study the best conditions for hitting the jackpot in Alaska's biggest annual guessing game.

Posted: 5:49 AM When prosecutors announce criminal charges Wednesday in the hazing death of a Florida A&M University band member, they will embark on a legal chess game.

Posted: 5:46 AM Thousands of protesters in New York demanded an end to income inequality and housing foreclosures.

Posted: 5:25 AM After unknowingly working with an FBI informant for months, five men have been charged with plotting to bomb an Ohio bridge linking two wealthy Cleveland suburbs.