Ann Romney says the election of her husband, a Mormon, would signal "that prejudices are left behind" just as the election of President Barack Obama sent that signal.

A New Jersey lawmaker wants towns to have a say in the filming of reality TV shows within their boundaries before a Situation develops.

A Texas judge has ordered DNA testing on a man who claims to be the brother of the late "The Jeffersons" star Sherman Hemsley.

Schools and consulates are getting flooded with requests for documents since President Barack Obama announced a new program allowing young illegal immigrants to apply for two-year renewable work permits.

Prosecutors say a mother and her adult son abandoned 30 dogs in a Southern California park.

President Barack Obama is telling the U.N. General Assembly that he wants to resolve the dispute over Iran's nuclear program through diplomacy but that the time to do that is not unlimited.

President Barack Obama is outlining new steps to combat human trafficking in the United States and overseas, calling it one of the great human rights causes of our time.

The Supreme Court will decide when law enforcement officers must get a warrant before ordering a blood test on an unwilling drunken-driving suspect.

A preliminary report into two near collisions midair at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport raises questions about air-traffic control at one of the world's busiest airports.

The New York City Department of Education is making the morning-after-pill available to high school girls at 13 public schools.

Condolences are pouring in from around the world to the National Zoo in Washington, a day after the death of a 6-day-old panda cub.

A California company is recalling 76 types of peanut butter and almond butter after one of its products was linked to a salmonella outbreak at Trader Joe's groceries.

Houston's police chief is asking for the community to "reserve judgment" after one of his officers shot and killed a one-armed, one-legged man in a wheelchair who was waving what turned out to be a pen.

Truly free checking accounts are becoming rarer as banks add more fees to boost their profits.

Jurors in Denver have convicted a former U.S. Marine embassy guard of sexually assaulting a woman at a Denver International Airport concourse in April.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says she wants foreign countries to make elite citizens pay their fair share of taxes.

Discover Bank is paying $214 million to settle charges that it pressured credit card customers to buy costly add-on services like payment protection and credit monitoring.

The autistic Rochester man who grabbed national headlines by scoring 20 points in four minutes in his only high school game has completed his first marathon and qualified for an even bigger race.

Authorities have identified the one-armed, one-legged man in a wheelchair fatally shot by a Houston police officer

Investigators say a flight attendant forgot to take a gun out of her purse before leaving for work and the gun fired at Philadelphia International Airport as a police officer was trying to remove the bullets.

Scientists have completed a major analysis of the genetics of breast cancer and find four major classes of the disease. They hope their work will lead to more effective treatments.

Mitt Romney says he's going to spend less time raising money and more time with voters.

At the opening panel Sunday, Clinton told the audience that around the world, "all that people want is a job, or a business."

Mali's defense minister says the country would welcome the creation of a logistics base and command post in Bamako, from where neighboring countries could launch a military intervention to take back Mali's north.

The average U.S. price of a gallon of gasoline dipped by less than one penny - about a third of a cent - over the past two weeks.