WASHINGTON — In twin strokes, President Barack Obama is calling on Congress to award generous budget increases to domestic programs while proposing relatively modest cuts to wasteful or obsolete programs that just won't seem to die.
MEXICO CITY — High schools and universities closed by the swine flu epidemic are reopening across Mexico, with school employees and parents carefully checking each returning student for flu symptoms.
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — Winds swirled and homes of all sizes burned as a wildfire descended on this scenic coastal city amid hot, dry conditions that resembled late summer more than the middle of spring.
WASHINGTON — Some of the nation's largest banks will be scrambling to demonstrate that they can raise capital after results of government stress tests leaked out, showing many need more funds. The Treasury Department will officially release results
WASHINGTON — New applications for jobless benefits plunged to the lowest level in 14 weeks, a possible sign that the massive wave of layoffs has peaked. Still, the number of unemployed workers getting benefits climbed to a new record.
MIAMI — An uncooperative juror has been replaced on the panel in Miami that's deliberating the case of six men accused of plotting to destroy Chicago's Sears Tower and attack FBI offices.
TOPEKA, Kan. — Legislators promised Tuesday to move quickly to enact a deal allowing a western Kansas utility to build a coal-fired power plant and ending a 19-month dispute between the governor's office and the company.
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Bruce Windsor lived the life of a respectable family man — father of four, deacon in his South Carolina church, youth soccer coach, a volunteer who helped build orphanages in Brazil. Then four days after his 43rd birthday, aut
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama summoned 36 House Democrats to the White House on Tuesday to urge them to agree on climate and energy legislation that is under increasing criticism from Republicans and members of his own party.
