An autopsy report says a Border Patrol agent who shot and killed a mother of five after she hit him with her vehicle fired his gun 10 times from the hood of her car as he tried to get the woman to stop.

President Barack Obama and his family have flipped the switch for the 90th annual lighting of the National Christmas Tree.

Penn State president Rodney Erickson is admonishing students who wore costumes and held offensive signs in photographs circulated on the Internet.

George Zimmerman is suing NBC, claiming he was defamed when the network edited his 911 call to police after the shooting of Trayvon Martin to make it sound like he was racist.

Former President George H.W. Bush is becoming more physically active but doctors in Houston are still not ready to discharge him from the hospital.

President Barack Obama has met with New Jersey Republican Gov. Chris Christie at the White House.

The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment aid fell sharply last week as a temporary spike caused by Superstorm Sandy has faded. Weekly applications have fallen back to a level consistent with modest hiring.

Marijuana possession is now legal in Washington state, and pot smokers have been celebrating in the streets of Seattle.

A new study in the "Journal of Consumer Research" says spending too much time on social network sites like Facebook and Twitter could ruin your diet plans. Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh teamed up with researchers at the University of Columbia and found that people who used social networking sites lost self control when it came to junk food. But they also found that people's self esteem was enhanced.

Gov. Chris Gregoire has signed into law a measure that legalizes same-sex marriage in Washington state, which now joins several other states that allow gay and lesbian couples to wed.

The National Weather Service is considering how it issues severe weather watches and warnings.

President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner discussed the fiscal cliff Wednesday in a telephone call. It followed several days of political sparring over steps to prevent a year-end series of tax increases and spending cuts.

The White House budget office has asked federal agencies to calculate more than $100 billion in spending cuts that would go into effect in January if Congress and the Obama administration fail to reach agreement to avert the looming fiscal cliff.

New York City police have arrested a man in the death of a subway rider who was shoved onto the tracks.

The government is taking action against the makers of a portable baby recliner after five infant deaths.

The Defense Department says it has begun planning for the roughly $500 billion in personnel and program cuts that will be needed if Congress and the White House fail to reach an deal that would avoid the double hit of tax hikes and automatic spending cuts dubbed the fiscal cliff.

U.S. workers were more productive this summer than initially thought, while costing their companies less.

Another Starbucks may soon pop up around the corner, with the world's biggest coffee company planning to add at least 1,500 cafes in the U.S. over the next five years.

Emily has leukemia. She just underwent a month of chemotherapy and had her right arm amputated after suffering complications. Doctors say she is at risk of dying from an infection.

Boston Market Corp. is reporting record Thanksgiving sales this year - and it's already planning for next Thanksgiving.

A security video showing the abduction of an Alaska barista is unnerving on its own, but it only hints at the horror ahead for the 18-year-old woman.

House Republicans' "fiscal cliff" counteroffer to President Barack Obama hints at billions of dollars in military cuts on top of the nearly $500 billion that the White House and Congress backed last year, and even the fiercest defense hawks acknowledge that the Pentagon faces another financial hit.

Good news for McRib fans, the famous sandwich is returning to McDonalds, for a limited time.

There's a push by several national associations to have federal lawmakers make cell phone providers keep your private text messages

The woman who was listed as the world's oldest person has died in a Georgia nursing home at age 116.