A $163 billion measure covering President Bush's funding request for the Iraq war has suffered a surprising defeat in the House.

A former Cleveland firefighter has been convicted in a deadly shooting rampage last summer.

Authorities in Vidalia say the teacher was hospitalized with severe intestinal distress after the 16-year-old spiked her soft drink with eye drops.

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.