Posted: 6:31 AM The Supreme Court will struggle this week with the validity of an Arizona law that tries to keep illegal immigrants from voting by demanding all state residents show documents proving their U.S. citizenship before registering to vote in national elections.
Updated: 9:01 AM A judge planned to announce his verdict Sunday in the case of two high school football players charged with raping a 16-year-old girl after an alcohol-fueled party last summer.
Posted: 5:10 AM Pope Francis will visit his predecessor at the papal retreat at Castel Gandolfo next Saturday+-, an eagerly anticipated meeting given the novelty of having a reigning and retired pope side-by-side. He will also meet with the Argentine president, whom he has criticized for her liberal measures.
Posted: 8:35 PM A Republican senator's embrace of gay marriage is the latest sign of soul-searching in a party struggling to adapt in a society whose demographics - and views on emotional issues - are changing fast.
Posted: 9:14 PM The head of the Transportation Security Administration told lawmakers Thursday he stands by his plan to allow passengers to carry small knives onto planes despite a growing backlash against the proposal.
Posted: 12:28 PM The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Gen. Joseph Dunford, is warning his troops to be ready for increased violence because of a series of anti-American statements by Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
Posted: 11:45 AM The Senate Judiciary Committee has approved an assault weapons ban in a party-line vote that underscores how hard it will be for the measure to survive in the full Senate.
Updated: 11:43 AM Warning for parents; Toys R Us is recalling Imaginarium Activity Walkers because of a possible choking hazard.
Posted: 7:52 PM Tears and cheers erupted across Latin America on Wednesday as an Argentine cardinal became the first pope from the hemisphere, and many expressed hope that he help bring the church closer to the poverty-wracked region that is home to more Roman Catholics than any other.
Posted: 1:28 PM President Barack Obama has nominated a longtime U.S. diplomat to the Mideast as its next ambassador to Libya, filling the sensitive post that has been vacant since Ambassador Chris Stevens was killed in an attack on an American outpost on Sept. 11.
Updated: 7:24 AM Police in upstate New York are searching for a suspect after shootings at a car wash and a barbershop a mile away left four people dead and at least two wounded.
Updated: 4:49 PM The new Pope Francis -- Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina -- has appeared on the balcony above St. Peter's Square, waving to the tens of thousands of people who were gathered below..
Updated: 9:54 AM The Food and Drug Administration has issued a new warning about one of the most popular antibiotics in the US.
Posted: 8:28 PM A golfer had to be hoisted to safety after he fell into an 18-foot-deep and 10-foot- wide sinkhole while playing golf at the Annbriar Golf Course in Waterloo, Illinois, suffering a dislocated shoulder.
Posted: 8:17 PM Faced with a backlash against their ban on gays, the Boy Scouts of America are surveying their members on a potential change in policy.
Posted: 4:39 PM Hostess is moving ahead with plans to sell its Twinkies, and one of the new owners says the spongy cream-filled snacks could be back on shelves by summer.
Updated: 1:08 PM The director of National Intelligence says an unpredictable North Korea, with its nuclear weapons and missile programs, stands as a serious threat to the United States and East Asia nations.
Updated: 3:51 PM Thick black smoke emerged from the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating cardinals had failed to select a new pope after their initial vote.
Updated: 11:05 AM America's schools are in such disrepair that it would cost $271 billion just to get elementary and secondary buildings back to their original conditions.
Posted: 2:12 AM Officials say five American service members have been killed in helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan.
Updated: 3:59 PM New York City's groundbreaking limit on the size of sugar-laden drinks has been struck down by a judge shortly before it was set to take effect.
Updated: 1:26 PM An earthquake has shaken a wide swath of Southern California but there's no word of any damage.
Updated: 3:34 PM The Ohio State Highway Patrol says six teens have been killed in a single-vehicle accident in northeast Ohio.
Posted: 2:56 PM Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush compares journalists to "crack addicts" and "heroin addicts" for asking about the 2016 presidential campaign.
