WASHINGTON — The candidate who on Tuesday won the special election in a Pennsylvania congressional district is right-to-life and pro-gun. He accused his opponent of want...
BEIJING — With all the media focus on "Rising China," another side of China gets far less attention. Call it "the other China," the bulk of the country's population that...
As the Senate debates a bill to overhaul financial regulations, its backers have fended off a series of attacks on one of its centerpiece reforms: a new consumer protect...
It was inevitable that Elena Kagan's physical appearance would become fodder for critics of her nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. The solicitor general, a woman of r...
The deepening fiscal troubles in Europe raise doubts about the ability of independently governed nations to band together under a common currency and monetary policy. Bu...
Depending on which source is talking, anywhere from 100,000 to 210,000 gallons of oil are spilling into the Gulf of Mexico every day that the leaks at BP's Deepwater Hor...
WASHINGTON — When Chancellor Angela Merkel decided that Germany would pay part of Greece's bills, voters punished her party in elections in Germany's most populous state...
Two-thirds of the chickens sold in this country are contaminated with campylobacter or salmonella or both. And that's a significant improvement over three years ago, whe...
Wondering why you paid so much in taxes on April 15? The answer lies in Oregon.
In January, labor unions in that state campaigned for two ballot initiatives hiking incom...
WASHINGTON — The magnificent author and son of the Great Santini, Pat Conroy, began "The Prince of Tides," with these words: "My wound is geography. It is also my anchor...
