MOSCOW — Thousands of protesters rallied across Russia today to criticize the government's economic course and its response to the global financial crisis.
The protests,...
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Saturday his administration will outline a new strategy in the coming days for spending billions of federal dollars to pull the ...
WASHINGTON — Two Republicans fought for the national party chairmanship today after Mike Duncan, former President George W. Bush's hand-picked national GOP chief, abando...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Senate has started debating whether to remove Gov. Rod Blagojevich from office.
Democratic Sen. William Haine of Alton began deliberatio...
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration made an emergency contribution of more than $20 million for urgent relief efforts in the Gaza Strip.
The contribution came today, a...
HOUSTON — Exxon Mobil is reporting a profit of $45.2 billion for 2008, breaking its own record for full-year earnings by a U.S. company, but fourth-quarter profits tumbl...
PITTSBURGH — Heavy equipment maker Caterpillar Inc. announced 2,110 new job cuts today as it scales back production amid a world economic slowdown.
The world's largest m...
A Center Township man who sold a handful of stolen weapons to gun shops will spend years in state prison.
Matthew E. Josephs, 28, today was sentenced by Butler County Ju...
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama signed an equal-pay bill into law today before cheering labor and women leaders who fought for it and the woman whose history-making ...
ATLANTA — Georgia's top agriculture official is urging federal prosecutors to criminally investigate a peanut processing plant linked to a nationwide salmonella outbreak...