The sponsors of California's same-sex marriage ban plan to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review a landmark appellate court ruling that struck down the law as unconstitutional.

Jerry Sandusky's child molestation trial is underway with jury selection, with prosecutors and his defense lawyers picking 12 people from the area around Penn State to decide his guilt or innocence.

The White House is confirming the death of al-Qaida's second-in-command, calling it a "major blow" to the terror network.

Domestic shellfish processed by North Carolina-certified dealers are not affected by the warning.

More than a million people have lined the banks of the River Thames on a rainy day in London to cheer Queen Elizabeth and a flotilla celebrating her 60 years on the throne.

Nigeria's president has declared three days of national mourning after a commercial airliner crashed Sunday in the country's largest city.

Richard Dawson, the wisecracking British entertainer who was among the schemers in the 1960s sitcom "Hogan's Heroes" and a decade later began kissing thousands of female contestants as host of the game show "Family Feud" has died. He was 79.

Republican leaders in North Carolina say tax breaks for businesses that will cost $336 million are worth it because it will stimulate businesses.

A combination of drugs that acts as a sort of "smart bomb" against breast cancer cells without damaging healthy ones has undergone successful early testing.

A program that puts billions of dollars in the pockets of farmers whether or not they plant a crop may disappear with hardly a protest from farm groups and the politicians who look out for their interests.

The defense team for George Zimmerman, the man charged in the killing of Trayvon Martin, says he is in police custody in Florida.

An Egyptian official says the top prosecutor will appeal the verdict in Hosni Mubarak's trial, which acquitted the former leader and his two sons on corruption charges and cleared senior police officers of complicity in killing protesters during last year's uprising.

A new financial report from GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney shows that his wealth remains near $250 million, about the same as last year.

Phoenix police have arrested a woman who allegedly drove off after forgetting that her 5-week-old baby was in a car seat on the roof of her vehicle.

The animal welfare group that gave hens more room in California is working to increase cage sizes nationally with an unlikely ally -- the biggest opponent to the state's successful 2008 voter initiative regulating the conditions for egg production.

Kathryn Joosten, a veteran character actress who played the crotchety, nosey Karen McCluskey on ABC's "Desperate Housewives," has died. She was 72.

John Edwards' mistress Rielle Hunter is publishing a memoir about her relationship with the former presidential candidate and their daughter.

The number of people with cancer is set to surge by more than 75 percent across the world by 2030, with particularly sharp rises in poor countries as they adopt unhealthy "Westernized" lifestyles, a study said on Friday.

A gloomy U.S. jobs report and signs of a global economic slowdown hammered Wall Street Friday, wiping out the stock market’s gains for 2012 and leaving investors wondering where to turn.

The Justice Department entered the long-running struggle over voter eligibility Thursday, warning Florida that its program to check the citizenship status of registered voters violates both Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act and the 1993 National Voter Registration Act.

A judge has revoked the bond of the neighborhood watch volunteer charged with killing 17-year-old Trayvon Martin and ordered him returned to jail within 48 hours.

Only 69,000 jobs were added in May, the weakest growth in a year. The unemployment rate rose to 8.2%, as people rejoined the labor force.

When the Labor Department releases the monthly jobs report on Friday morning, employment numbers among Americans over the age of 50 will be worth a look– for both the long and short term implications.

Cody Cameron, a Marine stationed in Jacksonville, N.C., got burned when he bought a used car.

President Barack Obama finds himself in a political game of "beat the clock," in which each successive economic report increases in electoral importance.