AFGHANISTAN

U.S. troops find job stability in war

Many U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan feel they are better off extending their tours rather than returning home...

TEEN PREGNANCY

U.S. teen birth rates end 14-year drop

After a long decline, U.S. teen birth rates are on the upswing again.

ELECTIONS

Some states shortchange military voters overseas, study says

A study found that the voting rules in many states make it tough for service members stationed abroad to ca...

Judge: Government hiding evidence in Gitmo case

In a federal court in Washington, a judge handling a habeas corpus petition accused the Bush administration...

Burris denied seat in US Senate to succeed Obama

HEALTHCARE

Growth rate of health spending slows in U.S.

A slower rate of spending for retail prescription drugs led a national trend for an easing of the spending-...

VENEZUELA

Hugo Chávez shuts off discounted heating oil to U.S. poor

Venezuela's state oil company is suspending a much-promoted program that provided discounted heating oil to...

INAUGURATION

Florida invited to party with Obamas

There will be 10 officially sanctioned inaugural balls. Florida will be part of the Southern Inaugural Ball.

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT

Obama Justice Department picks seen as a shift in policy

Barack Obama named four Justice Department officials likely to reverse controversial Bush administration po...

WASHINGTON

Leon Panetta picked to head CIA

WASHINGTON

Obama, Congress team up on economy

The president-elect set in motion a $775 billion stimulus plan that includes tax cuts, credits and rebates.

NYC makes over City Hall marriage bureau

Here comes the bride, all dressed in green.

Joe the Plumber to become war correspondent

Joe The Plumber is putting down his wrenches and picking up a reporter's notebook.

Study: Networking hinders black women execs

Black women face special challenges in their efforts to reach the top levels of corporate America, accordin...

Former attorney general Griffin Bell laid to rest

Former U.S. Attorney General Griffin Bell has been laid to rest in his hometown in south Georgia, with frie...

Heavy rain causing flooding across South

Heavy rain across the South on Wednesday caused flooding, school and road closures and a landslide that des...

Drug from genetically engineered goats a first

You've heard of making cheese from goats' milk, but prescription drugs?

Feds charge 3 NYers in election bias attacks

Three New York teenagers have been charged with federal civil rights charges in connection with election ni...

Icy weather closes schools, makes roads dangerous

Snow, sleet and freezing rain have made roads hazardous across the Great Lakes into New England and closed ...

Man's death ruled homicide 35 years after shooting

A man shot in the back 35 years ago has died of complications from the shooting and his death has been rule...

Spokane, Wash., residents cope with record snow

More than 6 feet of snow in the past three weeks has made Spokane residents edgy, and Wednesday brought new...

Mass. to mull higher penalties for ethics lapses

Gov. Deval Patrick is backing sweeping changes to Massachusetts' ethics laws, including dramatically increa...

Detainees in Afghanistan seeking right for release

Four men being held as terror suspects at a U.S. military base in Afghanistan are asking a federal judge fo...

Judge: Government hiding evidence in Gitmo case

In a federal court in Washington, a judge handling a habeas corpus petition accused the Bush administration...

Court: Detainees' IDs are secret

A federal appeals court ruled Monday that the government can keep secret the identities of detainees who cl...

France tries accused 9/11 plotter in Tunisia blast

A European convert to Islam allegedly caught on camera beside Osama bin Laden denied Monday any role in a 2...

U.N. envoy: Nations must take Guantánamo inmates

More nations must take in Guantánamo inmates once the U.S.-run prison closes, the U.N.'s torture inv...

France tries accused 9/11 plotter in Tunisia blast

Three men charged with involvement in a deadly synagogue bombing in Tunisia went on trial Monday in Paris i...

Britain: No U.S. request to resettle Gitmo captives

Prime Minister Gordon Brown says the U.S. has not asked Britain to accept Guantánamo Bay detainees if the c...

Australia 'unlikely' to accept Guantánamo detainees

Australia will likely reject a U.S. request to accept detainees freed from the prison camps at Guantá...

Judge reviewing Cuba captives OKs detention of 2

Federal judge upholds indefinite detention of two men at Guantánamo as enemy combatants, one another...

Bush rings Coast Guard enlistee

GUANTANAMO BAY

Uncertainty shrouds 17 unusual detainees

The question of what to do with 17 Uighur men held at Guantánamo is one of the challenges awaiting a...