President Obama on Friday issued a passionate plea for tolerance on the eve of the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, urging anxious ...

The leader of a tiny Florida church says he won't follow through on a plan to burn copies of Islam's holy text if he's able to meet with the ...

Commercial aviation remains the top target for terrorists who are likely to try again to use an easily hidden bomb to blow up an airplane, according ...

The government has determined that hundreds of levees nationwide no longer meet its standards that ensure protection during major floods.

Total student loan debt exceeds total credit card debt in this country, with $850 billion outstanding, according to Mark Kantrowitz, publisher ...

What kind of winter are we expecting for the Middle Atlantic states? Does every point on Earth have an equal number of daylight/night minutes ...

Fire crews flooded the ruins of burning homes with water early Friday and after a massive explosion apparently triggered by a broken gas line ...

Thousands of Afghans are protesting a small American church's plan to burn the Muslim holy book. At least 11 people have been injured.

The destructive wildfire in Colorado continued to burn Thursday, and Friday's forecast of winds could undo the progress firefighters have made. ...

A Belgian commission looking into sexual abuse by Catholic clergy says it has received testimony from hundreds of victims and that witnesses ...

The tumultuous midterm elections have put more than a dozen powerful House committee and subcommittee leaders in the danger zone this year.

Analysts say the way the U.S. is perceived hasn't improved despite Obama's efforts at "a new beginning" in long-strained U.S.-Muslim relatio ...

The oil spill claims facility inherited from BP thousands of languishing business claims, a jumbled database and claims with no documentati ...

Amid the uproar over the proposed mosque near the site of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in New York, a new Islamic college recently opened its ...

A Malaysian television station scrapped a commercial tied to the biggest Muslim holiday after viewers complained it appeared influenced by Christmas ...

Many Americans believe they are thinner than they really are, even when the scales are shouting otherwise, a new poll finds.

Israelis usher in the Jewish new year, or Rosh Hashana, at sundown Wednesday with a widespread sense of pessimism that a new round of U.S.-sponsored ...

A 15-year-old boy damaged his eyes while playing with a laser pointer he'd bought over the Internet, say doctors who warn that dangerously high-powered ...

Federal health regulators are warning doctors that a class of injectable drugs used in MRI medical imaging scans can cause a rare and sometimes ...

Pastor Terry Jones prepared to burn Qurans despite protests from the White House, fellow Christian evangelicals, veterans' groups and others ...