Seeking swift action on immigration, President Barack Obama on Tuesday will try to rally public support behind his proposals for giving millions of illegal immigrants a pathway to citizenship, as well as making improvements to the legal immigration system and border security.

Law enforcement leaders who met with President Barack Obama are urging him to improve the mental health system and strengthen background checks, but did not unify on more controversial gun control measures.

Hostess is set to announce that it has picked the maker of Little Debbie as the lead bidder to buy its Drake's cakes, according to a source close to the situation.

Key Democratic and Republican senators are pledging to get a wide-ranging immigration bill through the Senate by summer even as they point to numerous pitfalls ahead.

The Boys Scouts of America is considering a dramatic change in its controversial policy of excluding gays as leaders and youth members.

The White House is praising an agreement on immigration reform reached by senators from both parties, calling it an important first step.

San Francisco's animal control agency is relying on donated newspapers to solve pooping puppies problem.

Scientists say a pole on the front of the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley designed to plant explosives on enemy ships may hold a key clue to its sinking during the Civil War.

An eastern Pennsylvania high school says vandalism forced it to create a policy in which toilet paper has been taken out of the boys' bathrooms.

Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has been released from a city lockup where he spent the weekend for violating parole in the 2008 criminal conviction that booted him from office.

Jennifer Lawrence of the oddball romance "Silver Linings Playbook" and Daniel Day-Lewis of the Civil War epic "Lincoln" have won lead-acting prizes at the Screen Actors Guild Awards.

A bipartisan group of leading senators has reached agreement on the principles of sweeping legislation to rewrite the nation's immigration laws.

Starting Sunday, paying by credit card could get more expensive. Under the terms of a $7.2 billion settlement reached last summer between credit card companies and merchants, merchants will be free to impose a surcharge on customers paying by credit card.

The Coast Guard says oil spilled from at least one of two oil barges that were heavily damaged when they hit a railroad bridge over the Mississippi River at Vicksburg.

Chicago authorities say seven people were killed and six wounded in gun violence in one day.

The online hacking group Anonymous says it is "declaring war" on the U.S. Government after hacking the federal sentencing commission's website overnight.

Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin says he will not seek re-election in 2014.

Congressman Paul Ryan is cautioning fellow Republicans to pick their fights carefully during President Barack Obama's second term.

The "stomach bug" is spreading again in the U-S. If someone you know is suffering from severe upset stomach, diarrhea and fatigue, it could be a case of "norovirus." But this illness is a bit tougher than your standard stomach flu.

A federal magistrate in Medford has recommended a gold miner pay nearly $200,000 in fines and attorney's fees and stop working his claim on a Southern Oregon salmon stream.

A woman who is married to a female Army officer at Fort Bragg and was recently denied membership in its officers' spouses club says she has now been invited to become a full member.

PepsiCo Inc. is removing a controversial ingredient from its Gatorade sports drink following customer complaints.

An attorney for Lance Armstrong told the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency the cyclist will cooperate with efforts to "clean up cycling," though it's the sport's governing body and world anti-doping officials who should take the lead.

Friends and dignitaries are remembering Dolores Prida, a New York-based writer who chronicled Hispanic life on stages, on opinion pages and in advice columns.

The sentencing hearing of a Hells Angel convicted of making threats has been delayed amid questions about the disappearance of his wife.