A new study is giving a some hope to breast cancer patients in very advanced stages of the disease.

The Internal Revenue Service says up to 350,000 households didn't get their $300 per child refund.

A federal jury has found an Afghan enemy combatant guilty of drug charges in what the Justice Department calls the first convictions under new narco-terrorism laws.

A federal grand jury in Los Angeles has indicted a 33-year-old Missouri woman for her alleged role in an online hoax that led to the suicide of a 13-year-old girl.

California Supreme Court overturns same sex marriage ban.

Retired NBA star Charles Barkley is acknowledging he owes a $400,000 gambling debt to the Wynn Las Vegas casino, and says he'll pay.

Police say a 38-year-old man has been charged with multiple murder and sexual assault counts after DNA evidence connected him to attacks against four women.

The House has rejected a $163 billion to fund military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan into next year.

The Federal Reserve has auctioned $7.2 billion in safe Treasury securities to big investment firms, part of an ongoing effort to ease credit stresses.

Congress has sent the White House an election-year farm bill that includes a boost in farm subsidies and more money for food stamps amid rising grocery prices.