Patricia Cornwell has gone back to where she got her start writing crime novels
U.S. government attorneys are appealing a Chicago immigration judge's decision to grant asylum to a teenage blogger from Singapore
Vice President Mike Pence is scheduled to visit Newport News Shipbuilding for the christening of a submarine named for his home state of Indiana.
Officials say a wildfire on public lands near the Georgia-Florida state line has now burned more than 90 square miles (233 sq. kilometers) as winds spread the flames through dry areas of the Okefenokee Swamp
The North Korean army's April 25 anniversary is not such a big day under Kim Jong Un, who has emphasized the birthday of the nation's founder 10 days earlier
North Carolina Republican legislative leaders have rushed to the courthouse to try to block expected efforts by Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper to get a new elections administration law thrown out as unconstitutional
Mike Tirico is taking the reins from Tom Hammond as a host of NBC's Triple Crown horse racing coverage
A white principal of a predominantly black elementary school who told staff to assign white students to the same classrooms next year is no longer at the Florida school
German broadcasters say that Chancellor Angela Merkel will face challenger Martin Schulz in a single televised debate three weeks before the country's national election
The U.S. dollar is up against other North American currencies in New York trading. It’s worth 1.36 Canadian dollars, up from late Monday. And the dollar is trading at 18.94 Mexican pesos, up from late…
US consumer confidence slipped in April but remains at high levels
Damon Albarn masterminds a chaotic party on "Humanz," the fifth album by Gorillaz, the virtual band relying on an extensive guest list, from De La Soul and D.R.A.M. to Peven Everett and Grace Jones
The ship-repair industry in Virginia's Hampton Roads region is preparing to lay off more than 1,000 employees as Congress works to approve a new national budget
British man jailed for creating, selling program used in global cyberattacks