PHILADELPHIA — A former Pennsylvania state senator convicted on fraud charges reported today to federal prison in Kentucky.
Vincent Fumo faces 4 1/2 years in prison for ...
BOSTON — Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, oft-summoned to remember departed members of his famous political family, was himself the subject of a eulogy President Barack Obama was...
PITTSBURGH — A former CEO of a company that hired staff for medical facilities was charged Friday in federal court in a fraud and tax evasion scheme that prosecutors say...
WASHINGTON — A leading GOP negotiator on health care struck a further blow to the chances of a bipartisan compromise by saying today Democratic proposals would restrict ...
KABUL — Afghanistan's election commission said President Hamid Karzai increased his lead over his top challenger and is closer to the important 50 percent threshold.
The...
KABUL — Britain's prime minister paid a surprise visit today to British troops in southern Afghanistan, promising more help to cope with Taliban insurgents who have infl...
KABUL — An American service member died today in a bomb blast in Afghanistan, the military said, making August the deadliest month of the eight-year war for U.S. forces....
LOS ANGELES — Wildfires threatened hundreds of homes in the seaside hills and foothill canyons near Los Angeles early today, feeding on bone-dry brush in the midst of a ...
WASHINGTON TWP — A fire at the Peaceful Valley Campground destroyed a barn and a second building that housed more than $150,000 worth of equipment.
The barn was built ju...
NEW YORK — A top Ford executive expects industrywide U.S. auto sales to rise for the first time in more than two years this month, thanks largely to the government's Cas...