Posted: 5:14 AM New Hampshire lawmakers are expected to decide whether to take the first step toward making their state the first to repeal a gay marriage law through legislation -- a move opposed by the governor.
Posted: 5:12 AM Mitt Romney says he's "almost there" in his six-year pursuit of the Republican presidential nomination, having defeated Rick Santorum in the Illinois GOP primary.
Updated: 10:41 AM A Tennessee woman arrested for bringing her gun along on a visit to New York City has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge.
Posted: 5:05 AM Officials say attacks across Iraq have killed 38 people and wounded more than 160 in a spate of violence that was dreaded in the days before Baghdad hosts the Arab world's top leaders.
Posted: 5:03 AM More than a dozen people who are accused in a sex trafficking ring run by Somali gangs that reached from Minnesota to Tennessee are facing trial in Nashville.
Posted: 4:21 AM The growing national attention -- and outcry -- over the case of an unarmed black teen in Florida who was fatally shot by a neighborhood watch captain has culminated with the federal government saying it will launch an investigation.
Updated: 8:33 AM Apple shares are heading for another all-time high ahead of an announcement about what the company plans to do with its enormous pile of cash.
Posted: 6:24 AM President Barack Obama raised $45 million for his re-election campaign, the Democratic Party and other campaign funds in February, bringing his total to about $300 million for this election cycle.
Posted: 6:08 AM Indian police say they have arrested a Catholic priest wanted in the United States on charges of sexually assaulting a teenage parishioner in Minnesota.
Posted: 6:04 AM Mitt Romney may lead in delegates and Rick Santorum might have momentum, but neither of the two leading Republican presidential candidates is having an easy time exciting even his own voters.
Posted: 5:56 AM The U.S. government is releasing the 1940 census online for the first time, information that documents when millions of Americans were experiencing mass unemployment and social upheaval.
Posted: 5:26 PM An official says two people have died and one was injured in a house fire in western Kentucky.
Posted: 2:39 PM Another disaster recovery center has opened in eastern Kentucky.
Posted: 8:57 PM The United Nations mission in Iraq says it has taken custody of a man whom two Shiite lawmakers described as a U.S. citizen who was held captive by an Iraqi militia.
Posted: 2:48 PM A jury has found Dharun Ravi, the former Rutgers student accused of spying on his roommate Tyler Clementi, guilty of some bias intimidation charges, as well as charges of invasion of privacy and tampering with evidence.
Posted: 1:39 PM Searchers were going door-to-door in southeast Michigan Friday after tornadoes ripped through.
Posted: 1:38 PM George Clooney and his father, Nick Clooney, have been arrested at a protest outside the Sudanese Embassy in Washington.
Posted: 1:34 PM A gun scare on the Rochester Institute of Technology campus is over, with the sheriff's office saying an umbrella had been mistaken for a rifle.
Posted: 1:33 PM The U.S. soldier accused in the shooting rampage that left 16 Afghan civilians dead is being transferred back to the United States.
Posted: 1:31 PM Newt Gingrich has been battling calls for him to drop out of the Republican presidential race, after losing both the Mississippi and Alabama primaries Tuesday.
Posted: 1:30 PM White rice is a dietary staple for more than half the world's population - not just for people living in China, India, and Japan, but for many Americans as well.
Posted: 1:27 PM At this point, it's clear that Texas Rep. Ron Paul is most likely not going to be the next president of the United States.
Posted: 1:23 PM A new poll released Friday shows Pennsylvania's registered voters favor renaming Penn State's football stadium in honor of longtime coach Joe Paterno, who died in January.
Posted: 1:21 PM A grand jury on Thursday indicted an adoptive father on charges he raped three boys in his care.
Posted: 11:48 AM One of America's most recognizable megachurches has changed hands. California's Crystal Cathedral, founded by televangelist Robert Schuller, has a new owner and a new identity.
