TEHRAN, Iran Iran's hard-line president said today his country welcomes talks with the United States should the American president prove to be "honest" in extending its...
WASHINGTON A presidential spokesman said today the White House is assessing a course of action to resolve the hijacking of a U.S.-flagged ship off the coast of Somalia....
WASHINGTON A U.S. official said today the crew of an American-flagged vessel hijacked off the coast of Somalia has retaken control of the ship and has one pirate in cus...
WASHINGTON A federal judge dismissed the corruption conviction of former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens today and took the rare and serious step of opening a criminal investig...
MONTPELIER, Vt. Vermont has become the fourth state to legalize gay marriage and the first to do so with a legislature's vote.
The Legislature voted today to override ...
BAGHDAD Cheered wildly by U.S. troops, President Barack Obama flew unannounced into Iraq today and promptly declared it is time for Iraqis to "take responsibility for t...
PINE TWP, Allegheny County A township doctor, with an office in Center Township and an affiliation with Butler Memorial Hospital, is in critical condition this morning ...
WASHINGTON Federal and state officials are cracking down on mortgage modification scams, accusing "criminal actors" of preying on desperate borrowers caught up in the n...
PITTSBURGH Funeral arrangements have been set for three slain Pittsburgh police officers.
Their bodies will lie in state at a downtown municipal building beginning Wedn...
WASHINGTON Defense Secretary Robert Gates is proposing deep cuts to some big weapons programs such as the F-22 fighter jet as the Pentagon takes a hard look at how it s...
