Category: North America

WASHINGTON — Donations to the Senate Conservatives Fund soared in September as the political action committee helped push a conservative rebellion in Congress to dismantle President Obama's health care law,...

The Florida Department of Corrections is cracking down on rules involving inmate releases after two convicted murderers walked out of a Panhandle-area prison with forged documents in late September and...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police arrested a second airport employee Friday for an alleged role in setting off ice bombs at the Los Angeles International Airport.   Miguel Angel Iniguez,...

CENTRAL ISLIP, New York (AP) — An American-born clerk at a home improvement store on New York's Long Island has been charged by federal prosecutors with conspiracy to commit murder...

WASHINGTON — Rep. C.W. Bill Young of Florida, the longest-serving Republican in the House, died Friday, his staff announced. He was 82 and had been hospitalized in recent weeks at...

CANANDAIGUA, N.Y. -- A New York woman was found guilty Friday of killing her husband, then dismembering and burning his body.   Rose Chase sat stoically as an Ontario County...

The stepmother of a Florida girl charged with bullying a teen who later committed suicide was arrested Friday for allegedly punching two youths who were fighting in her home this...

NEW YORK (AP) — An autopsy of a fetus found in a teenage girl's shopping bag at a New York City lingerie store was inconclusive, and more tests will be...

TRENTON -- Gay couples in New Jersey will be able to marry starting Monday.   The state Supreme Court Friday turned down Republican Gov. Chris Christie's administration request to delay...

Republican senators say they will defy President Obama and push for a bill to toughen sanctions against Iran despite White House objections that any new legislation should wait until after...