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.

A former Penn State graduate assistant who says he saw former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky showering with a boy in 2001 and testified against him has sued the university for what he says is defamation and misrepresentation.

According to the government, U.S. births have fallen for the fourth year in a row.

A military appeals court wants to hear oral arguments before deciding if the Army psychiatrist charged in the Fort Hood shooting rampage can be forcibly shaved before his murder trial.

A Senate report concludes that a multibillion-dollar information-sharing program created after 9/11 has improperly collected information about innocent Americans and produced little valuable intelligence on terrorism.

La Crosse, Wisconsin television anchor Jennifer Livingston spoke out against bullies Tuesday in an unusual statement to her supporters and the entire population of La Crosse. Now, her message is going nation-wide.

Ann Romney has stepped out into a new role for the final stretch of the campaign: Character witness and defender in chief.

David Blaine is spending the days leading up to his next stunt laying low and fasting.

Jurors who convicted a deer poacher of first-degree murder in the shooting death of a central Pennsylvania game warden must now decide whether to sentence him to death or to life in prison without parole.

Detroit Mayor Dave Bing has suspended the city's police chief following allegations the married police chief was in a relationship with a subordinate.

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison says he plans to turn the Hawaiian island that he recently bought into a laboratory for experimenting with more environmentally sound ways of living.

A man who taped an interview for the "Dr. Phil" show days before police say he confessed to killing his ex-girlfriend in Houston and then dumping her body hundreds of miles away in a West Texas oil field told the TV personality he didn't murder the woman.

Most of the Florida Supreme Court justices appear skeptical of granting a law license to an illegal immigrant.

Most of the Florida Supreme Court justices appear skeptical of granting a law license to an illegal immigrant.

Alabama authorities say three people were killed - including an infant - when an SUV fleeing a robbery slammed into their vehicle in Birmingham.

Police say the man who killed five people at a Minneapolis sign company last week had been fired for poor performance and lateness just before he started shooting.