Pres. Obama is coming off of his strongest fundraising month of the year, but republicans are looking to downplay the fundraising success.

Romney and Obama are both airing new ads saying their positions have been distorted by their opponent.

A private company is on the verge of launching another cargo ship to the International Space Station.

A police officer at the University of South Alabama has fatally shot a naked student whom authorities said repeatedly charged the officer.

A partially-blind extremist cleric from Egypt and four other terrorism suspects have appeared in court in New York City and Connecticut, hours after they were brought to the United States from England to face trial.

Health officials say the death toll in a rare fungal meningitis outbreak across several states has risen to seven.

Mormon church president Thomas S. Monson announced Saturday that the faith will lower its minimum age requirement for missionaries from 19 to 18 for men and from 21 to 19 for women.

Authorities in Douglas County, Ore., say they arrested a man who escaped from a California prison.

The FBI says a preliminary investigation has found friendly fire is likely to blame in the shootings of two border agents along the Arizona-Mexico border.

Authorities say at least seven crashes involving 46 vehicles on Interstate 75 are expected to block southbound traffic for several hours heading toward southwest Florida.

The sister of a Connecticut man who fatally shot his teenage son last week frantically called police to report someone was shot after she called her brother for help with someone trying to break into her house.

During a nearly 25-minute call to 911, a 17-year-old calmly describes shooting his mother and younger sister to death in their North Texas home.

The Food and Drug Administration says it has found salmonella in a New Mexico plant that produces nut butters for national retailer Trader Joe's and several other grocery chains. The Trader Joe's peanut butter is now linked to 35 salmonella illnesses in 19 states.

A two-year Drug Enforcement Administration initiative called Drug Take-Back Day has taken 2 million pounds of unused, potentially dangerous prescription medications out of circulation.

The price of oil is higher after tensions rose between Syria and Turkey.

The Obama administration is imposing sanctions on two Lebanon-based charities it says are controlled by Hamas.

Health officials say they expect to see more cases of a Health officials say they expect to see more cases of a rare meningitis that's killed four of the more than two dozen people it's sickened.

Obama and Romney opened their first of three presidential debates Wednesday with disagreements on how the government could help add jobs.

The first presidential debate is now in the books. In a contentious, but not overtly hostile affair, President Obama and Mitt Romney traded jabs over how to bring jobs back, and other domestic issue sticking points.

President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney are sparring over federal regulations that restrict Wall Street and financial institutions.

President Obama and Governor Romney sparred Wednesday during their first presidential debate on what role government plays in Americans' lives.

Obama and Romney clashed Wednesday during their first presidential debate on the popular - though costly - health program for seniors. Both promised that they would not cut benefits for older Americans but sharply disagreed about options for younger workers.

Unemployment rates fell in nearly 90 percent of large U.S. metro areas in August, mainly because more people gave up looking for work.

Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy voiced his support for "Biblical families" in one of his first interviews since his earlier comments caused controversy regarding gay marriage.

A 14-year-old is accused of choking her newborn to death while the baby was still attached to her by the umbilical cord.