A Cleveland man has been arraigned on charges of rape and kidnapping days after three women missing for about a decade were found alive at his home.

The number of Americans who applied for unemployment benefits fell by 4,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 323,000, a fresh five-year low. The decline signals fewer layoffs and possibly more hiring.

New data show that fewer U.S. homes entered the foreclosure process or were repossessed by lenders last month.

A Cleveland man arrested after three women missing for a decade were found alive at his home was charged Wednesday with kidnapping and raping them. Prosecutors brought no charges against his brothers, saying there was no evidence they had any part in the crime.

Jodi Arias has been convicted of first-degree murder in the brutal stabbing and shooting death of her one-time boyfriend in Arizona.

Jurors weighing murder charges against a Philadelphia abortion provider have been reviewing testimony from a key former clinic employee.

A Utah teen accused of punching a soccer referee who later died has been charged with homicide by assault, a count issued when an attack unintentionally causes death.

A judge has ruled that cheerleaders at a Southeast Texas high school can display banners emblazoned with Bible verses at football games.

House Republicans on Wednesday renewed charges that the Obama administration is covering up information about last year's deadly assault in Benghazi, Libya, drawing an angry rebuke from Democrats who accused the GOP of politicizing the issue at a jam-packed hearing.

Cleveland police say three women, who have been missing for over a decade, have been found alive.

Delaware will become the 11th state to allow same-sex marriages.

Lawyers for the man accused of killing 12 people and injuring 70 in a Colorado movie theater say he wants to change his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity.

The Dow Jones industrial average is punching through another milestone: its first close above 15,000.

Delaware's state Senate is convening for a deciding vote on a bill that would make it the 11th state in the nation to allow same-sex marriage.

An Intel employee in New Mexico says in a federal lawsuit that co-workers secretly taped a "Kick Me" sign on his back as part of a pattern of abuse at a Rio Rancho plant.

Kidnapping survivor Jaycee Dugard says the women who went missing about a decade ago and were found at a Cleveland home need a chance to heal and reconnect with the world.

A spokesman says New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie underwent gastric band surgery in February to try to lose weight.

A South Carolina high school teacher removed from the classroom when he stomped on an American flag while discussing freedom is being paid $85,000 to avoid a legal challenge.

The Senate has passed a bill that could end tax-free shopping on the Internet for many shoppers.

A public memorial service is being planned for the crew of an aerial refueling tanker that crashed in Kyrgyzstan last week.

The DNC included a call to legalize same-sex marriage in the party's convention platform last year.

The FBI says a potential terror attack that it believes was disrupted by a mobile home raid was in its "planning stages" and the target was believed to be in western Minnesota.

Jurors weighing murder charges against a Philadelphia abortion provider are being reinstructed on the legal distinctions between murder, manslaughter and infanticide.

A government watchdog says the Federal Aviation Administration's oversight of hundreds of domestic and overseas repair stations that service U.S. airliners is ineffective and doesn't target stations mostly likely to present safety risks.

More than a dozen sculptures that will be used to call attention to evacuation points around New Orleans are arriving in the city.