Posted: 6:54 AM For lawmakers from moderate or conservative states, embracing gay marriage has long been considered a risky move. That reality is being called into question as lawmakers rush to avoid being among the last to join the cause.
Posted: 6:37 AM Newly released search warrants in the Newtown school shooting have revealed that gunman Adam Lanza's home was packed with weapons and ammunition, but the documents do not shed any new light on what could have driven him to slaughter 20 children and six educators inside an elementary school.
Posted: 3:06 PM The Pentagon says it's easing the impact of automatic budget cuts on as many as 800,000 civilian employees, sharply reducing the number of unpaid furlough days they will have to take in coming months.
Posted: 6:00 AM A government study finds that despite growing awareness of hate crimes, the share of those crimes reported to police has fallen as more victims of violent attacks express doubts that police can or will help.
Updated: 9:02 AM Warrants released in the investigation of the Newtown school shooting reveal that an arsenal of weapons including guns, a gun safe with shotgun shells, a bayonet and several swords were found in the home of the gunman.
Posted: 5:40 AM Suspected Colorado movie theater shooter James Holmes is willing to spend the rest of his life in prison if it means there's no chance he'll be executed.
Updated: 11:33 AM In a landmark debate over gay marriage, Justice Anthony Kennedy, a conservative but often a decisive vote, is expressing concern that a federal law that prevents married gay couples from receiving benefits afforded straight married Americans might conflict with state laws.
Posted: 7:18 AM New Jersey lottery officials say the Dominican immigrant who won the $338 million Powerball lottery has decided to take the payment in one lump sum.
Posted: 7:10 AM North Korea has again cut a military hotline to the South -- and it's not clear what it will mean for the hundreds of South Korean workers who are at an industrial complex in the North.
Posted: 8:22 AM U.S. home prices rose in January at the fastest pace since the summer of 2006.
Posted: 5:04 AM Italy's highest criminal court has overturned the acquittal of Amanda Knox in the slaying of her British roommate and ordered a new trial.
Posted: 4:50 AM Rye whiskey using George Washington's own recipe will soon go on sale at the first president's Mount Vernon estate in Virginia.
Posted: 4:36 AM U.S. taxpayers are spending a lot on their former presidents.
Posted: 4:53 AM A Palestinian official says the U.S. is seeking to bring Arab countries into efforts to restart Israeli-Palestinian negotiations in the coming weeks.
Posted: 9:58 PM Authorities say a 9-year-old girl walked about a mile to find help after surviving a car crash that killed her father in Southern California.
Posted: 9:42 PM The co-owner of a facility where two Icelandic men died while skydiving says they did not deploy their main parachutes.
Updated: 4:40 AM New Jersey Lottery officials say they'll release information on the lone winning ticket sold in the state for the $338.3 million Powerball drawing.
Posted: 7:41 AM The commander at Marine Corps. Base Quantico in northern Virginia says a shooting in which a Marine killed a male and female colleague before killing himself was isolated to a single building.
Posted: 10:19 AM House Republicans have passed a budget plan that would cut spending sharply, including less money for Medicaid.
Posted: 8:18 AM A man accused of slapping a toddler on a flight and using a racial slur has pleaded not guilty to assault in federal court.
Posted: 8:13 AM President Obama says he's told Israel's leaders the U.S. does not consider settlement activity in the West Bank constructive or appropriate.
Posted: 7:13 AM President Barack Obama is opening his first trip to Israel since taking office.
Posted: 7:06 AM Syria's main opposition group is demanding a full international investigation into an alleged chemical weapons attack in the country's north.
