Cmdr. Thomas Winter relieved after attack sub collided with cruiser

Twitter has donated billions of tweets that will be archived

The House has overwhelmingly approved $9.7 billion to pay flood insurance claims for the many home and business owners flooded out by Superstorm Sandy.

U.S. employers added 155,000 jobs in December, a steady gain that shows hiring held up during tense fiscal cliff negotiations in Washington.

Police say Cowboys nose guard Josh Brent was driving with a blood alcohol level twice the legal limit

School said the gesture constituted a threat of gun violence

Teens mixed sleeping pills into parents milkshake to use internet after 10 p.m.

The House has re-elected embattled Republican John Boehner speaker.

U.S. antitrust regulators say they have found no evidence to claims that Google unfairly favors its own services in search results.

The Senate and House have ushered in a new Congress.

Some bipartisan cooperation may finally be breaking out in the nation's contentious battle over health care overhaul.

The Justice Department is nearing a $1.4 billion settlement with Transocean Ltd., the owner of the drilling rig that sank after an explosion killed 11 workers and spawned the massive 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Classes are resuming for Sandy Hook Elementary School students for the first time since last month's shooting that killed 20 children and six educators.

Drill ship Kulluk ran aground in Artic Ocean after fierce North Pacific Storm Monday night

Prosecutors allege priest had thousands of images of child pornography on his computer, in books, and compact discs.

Decision follows Freedom of Information Act request for information on drone program filed by ACLU and New York Times

The credit rating agency says Congress must shrink budget deficit to keep top rating

Over 200 people were sickened aboard the Queen Mary 2 during 12-day Caribbean Voyage

House adjourned without funding aid package for states recovering from Hurricane Sandy

The State Department says Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is speaking with staff and reviewing paperwork while she continues to recover from a blood clot in her head.

The storms that recently covered parts of the U.S. with snow won't be enough to ease the nation's drought.

Federal investigators say Exxon Mobil Corp.'s delayed response to a pipeline break beneath Montana's Yellowstone River made the spill far worse than it otherwise would have been.

Officials in Putnam County, N.Y., say they'll refuse a newspaper's request to release the names and addresses of residents with pistol permits.

Pennsylvania's governor says he intends to file a federal antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA in an effort to overturn what he said were "harsh penalties" against Penn State because of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal.

Congress has approved legislation that would expand the State Department's rewards for justice program to target the world's most serious human rights abusers, with African warlord Joseph Kony a top target.