New York City has agreed to pay up to $657 million to settle more than 10,000 lawsuits filed by ground zero responders who say they were sickened by World Trade Center dust.
Utah's House majority leader says he paid a woman $150,000 to keep silent about going nude "hot-tubbing" with her when she was minor a quarter century ago.
Three Army commanders linked to a battle that killed nine Americans in Afghanistan in 2008 been given letters of reprimand for reportedly failing to adequately protect their forces.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's wife and daughter were hospitalized Thursday after they were involved in a car accident, according to Reid's office.
A convicted sex offender charged with murdering one California teenager and under investigation for another killing violated his parole by moving too close to a school.
An American accused in Yemen of being a member of al-Qaida worked at nuclear power plants in the U.S., a spokesman for a group of plants in New Jersey says.
A man whose cross-country crime spree with his girlfriend a decade ago ended in a gun battle with police in San Francisco was executed Thursday in Texas for killing a sheriff's officer.
Police departments across the country are stepping up efforts to recruit officers who can speak more than one language, in some cases offering raises or even sending cops abroad.
A stranger followed a woman into a New York City bar restroom after she rejected his advances early Thursday, savagely beat her in a toilet stall and perhaps tried to sexually assault her, police said.
President Barack Obama is donating the $1.4 million from his Nobel Peace Prize to helping students, veterans' families and survivors of Haiti's earthquake, among others.
Two Marine aviators aboard a flaming F/A-18D reacted quickly enough to slow their jet so they could safely eject over the Atlantic Ocean, their commander said Thursday.
A Massachusetts sporting club is donating $10,000 to children's charities as part of a deal settling criminal charges in the death of an 8-year-old boy who accidentally shot himself.
Eleven Siberian tigers — among the world's rarest species — died of malnutrition after being kept in small cages and fed chicken bones at a cash-strapped zoo in China, state media said.
Fighting erupted in Somalia's capital for the third straight day Friday in some of the worst violence in nearly a year, as government-backed troops shelled the front lines of rebels trying to advance into government-held territory.
British Airways PLC cabin crew plan to strike for a total of seven days this month, potentially disrupting thousands of travellers ahead of Easter holidays, after talks with management over changes to pay and working conditions broke down.
Pakistan's navy successfully test-fired a series of missiles and torpedoes Friday in what it called a message to "nefarious" forces — an apparent reference to longtime rival India.
Three Army commanders linked to a battle that killed nine Americans in Afghanistan in 2008 been given letters of reprimand for reportedly failing to adequately protect their forces.
The Thai capital braces for possible violence as anti-government demonstrators prepare to launch what they hope will be one of the country's biggest protests ever.
The largest aftershock since Chile's devastating earthquake rocks the South American country minutes before the inauguration of President Sebastian Pinera.
A union representing Dutch nurses will launch a national campaign Friday against demands for sexual services by patients who claim it should be part of their standard care.
First results from Iraq's parliamentary election show the prime minister and his secular rival locked in an extremely tight contest amid fraud allegations by rival parties.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates downplays Iran's influence on Afghanistan, but the war of words escalates, with Iran's president promising to "cut your hands off of the Persian Gulf oil."
China and Iran steps up their abuses of human rights, targeting both anti-government activists and the free flow of information over the Internet, U.S. official says.
