Updated: 5:16 PM A pregnant Texas actress who told FBI agents that her husband had sent ricin-tainted letters to the president and New York City's mayor has been arrested.
Posted: 1:06 PM Police in Las Vegas have cleared former baseball slugger Jose Canseco after an investigation of a woman's rape claim.
Posted: 12:52 PM NASA's Opportunity rover is still on the move after years on the surface of Mars.
Updated: 12:43 PM A U.S. senator remains steadfast in blocking the nomination of Air Force Lt. Gen. Susan Helms, tapped to serve as vice commander of the U.S. Space Command, over serious concerns with Helms' decision to overturn a jury conviction in a sexual assault case.
Updated: 1:23 PM With every phone call they make and every Web excursion they take, people are leaving a digital trail of revealing data that can be tracked by profit-seeking companies and terrorist-hunting government officials.
Posted: 8:48 AM The price of oil fell back below $95 Friday after the U.S. government reported that May was another month of steady, but not spectacular hiring.
Posted: 8:05 AM A 91-year-old retired police officer from Northampton has received his high school diploma, 71 years after he left school to work on a farm.
Posted: 7:54 AM U.S. employers added 175,000 jobs in May, steady hiring but below the more robust pace that took place during the fall and winter.
Posted: 3:14 PM A family spokeswoman says a dying 10-year-old Pennsylvania girl's condition has worsened as she awaits a lung transplant.
Posted: 9:18 AM The Obama administration is defending the National Security Agency's need to collect telephone records of U.S. citizens.
Updated: 4:47 PM Former employees of the National Security Agency say the publishing of a court order asking Verizon to hand over all its phone calling records for a three-month period opens a new window on an operation that has been in place for years and involves all major U.S. phone companies.
Posted: 8:29 AM A federal judge in Pennsylvania says there's no legal basis for Gov. Tom Corbett's lawsuit against the NCAA over sanctions against Penn State related to Jerry Sandusky.
Updated: 7:48 AM Susan G. Komen is cutting seven cities out of its 2014 Susan G. Komen 3-Day for the Cure race.
Updated: 3:17 PM A federal judge in Philadelphia has made a dying 10-year-old eligible to seek donor lungs from an adult transplant list.
Updated: 9:20 AM The U.S. Transportation Security Administration is abandoning a plan to allow passengers to carry small knives, souvenir bats, golf clubs and other sports equipment onto planes in the face of fierce congressional and industry opposition, the head of the agency said Wednesday.
Posted: 4:29 PM In suburban Atlanta, northern Idaho and a number of other places, churches have moved swiftly to sever ties with the Boy Scouts of America in protest over the vote last month to let openly gay boys participate in Scouting.
Posted: 4:24 PM The military judge overseeing the trial of an Army psychiatrist charged in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage may not allow him to claim that he killed to defend Taliban leaders, military experts said Wednesday. And such a decision could lead to even more delays in a case that's already dragged on for years.
Posted: 3:51 PM Susan G. Komen for the Cure says it is canceling half of its 3-day charity races next year because of a drop in participation levels.