House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday appeared to have reached 216, the magic number of votes she needs to pass the Democrats' health care reform bill, after

Contractor URS Corp. and the state of Minnesota reached a $5 million settlement Friday in the state's lawsuit over the 2007 downtown Minneapolis bridge

An autopsy has determined that a boy who went missing with his mother and whose body was found on a Puget Sound beach drowned.

A federal judge on Friday rejected a legal settlement of more than a half-billion dollars for people sickened by ash and dust from the World Trade Center,

Octuplets mom Nadya Suleman could be kicked out of her Southern California home.

In a bid to persuade progressive Democrats who have expressed dissatisfaction with U.S. President Barack Obama’s health care reform legislation, Senate

Two weeks after a conservative group disparaged U.S. Justice Department lawyers who previously represented terror suspects, Attorney General Eric Holder on

President Obama is planning a visit to Capitol Hill Saturday to continue face-to-face lobbying on what he called Friday a historic bid for health care reform,

Rep. John Boccieri (D-Ohio) announced Friday that he would vote in support of President Barack Obama's health care reform legislation. Boccieri had previously

Austin Police have arrested and charged Michael Tinkham, 26, with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after he stabbed an officer with a needle containing

Denver attorney Warren Edson would like to throttle the anonymous marijuana breeder who named a potent strain of weed "Green Crack."

Clark County firefighters said hundreds of exotic birds and a watchdog died Friday morning in a fire at the Gilcrease Nature Sanctuary in northwest Las Vegas,

Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice voiced regret Friday at the bloody aftermath of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, but said the Bush administration

The spring equinox has been tied to religious rites since ancient times. The day, which falls between March 19 and 21, is one of two days of the year when

President Barack Obama was teaming up with Democratic allies Friday in an all-out campaign on health care reform to win over lawmakers ahead of a crucial vote