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.

Posted: 4:48 AM Authorities say a University of Central Florida student who pulled a dorm fire alarm in the middle of the night had a more sinister plan than sending students scurrying out into the night.

Posted: 4:42 AM If history is any judge, the U.S. government will be paying for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars for the next century as service members and their families grapple with the sacrifices of combat.

Posted: 4:33 AM When William Edward Small told his father that he'd signed an organ donor card, it came as no surprise. "Little Ed" had been that way his whole life, his dad says.

Posted: 4:35 AM The Supreme Court will hear arguments today about validity of Arizona's voter registration law

Posted: 7:45 PM State legislators across the country are introducing laws making it harder for animal welfare advocates to investigate cruelty and food safety cases.

Posted: 12:00 PM Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today.

Posted: 8:21 AM A man and a woman are presumed drowned after they were dragged away by a fast-moving, icy river in Sioux Falls as they tried to save a 6-year-old child.

Posted: 8:01 AM President Barack Obama has hosted dinners and lunches and visited Capitol Hill over three days in his outreach effort with Congress.

Posted: 7:59 AM The election of a new pope could help heal the wounds left by a Roman Catholic sex abuse crisis that has savaged the church's reputation worldwide.

Posted: 7:56 AM It's been eight years since Maryland executed a convicted killer, but that could be the last time if the General Assembly gives final passage this week to a bill to abolish capital punishment.

Posted: 7:48 AM For the second time this week, Carnival Cruise Lines says one of its ships has experienced problems during a cruise.

Posted: 7:46 AM Republican U.S. Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio says he now supports gay marriage because one of his sons is gay.

Posted: 7:40 AM A New Jersey bakery has closed after federal officials found sugar in sugar-free items and fat content well above what was on the labels.

Updated: 12:17 AM Samsung Electronics is kicking up its competition with Apple with its new Galaxy S 4 smartphone, which has a larger, sharper screen than its predecessor, the best-selling S III.

Posted: 11:01 PM Senate Democrats have pushed a budget through committee that calls for roughly $1 trillion in new tax revenues over the coming decade and increases spending slightly over current projections.

Updated: 8:27 AM A 75-year-old Michigan woman who fatally shot her teenage grandson is returning to the witness stand for more testimony in her first-degree murder trial.

Posted: 8:21 AM Authorities in upstate New York say the suspected gunman in a rampage at a car wash and a barbershop that left four people dead has been killed by police in a shootout.

Updated: 5:28 PM White smoke appeared out of the Sistine Chapel in Rome meaning the Conclave has chosen the next Pope.

Posted: 8:16 AM Ammunition limits and expanded gun background checks are nearing passage in Colorado.

Posted: 8:12 AM President Barack Obama is rejecting the notion that an American pope would be too closely aligned with the U.S. government.