Posted: 2:15 PM U.S. employers added 175,000 jobs in May, slightly more than the 170,000 forecast by economists, according to data provider FactSet.

Posted: 11:33 AM In his first comments since the programs were publicly revealed this week, President Obama says safeguards are in place.

Posted: 10:59 AM A dolphin has been rescued from a sandbar off the southern shore of Long Island.

Posted: 10:43 AM The Obama administration is proposing to lift most remaining federal protections for gray wolves across the Lower 48 states almost four decades after they were added to the endangered species list.

Updated: 9:38 AM The Senate has opened debate on far-reaching legislation to overhaul the nation's immigration system and offer the promise of citizenship to millions.

Posted: 9:07 AM Vermont has become the 17th state to get rid of criminal penalties for the possession of small amounts of marijuana.

Posted: 8:51 AM An Arizona sheriff who led the way for local police across the country to take up immigration enforcement is reconsidering his crackdowns.

Posted: 8:20 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: 10:02 PM James Clapper says the disclosure of an Internet surveillance program is "reprehensible."

Posted: 9:03 PM A senior administration official is stressing the legality and court-approved limits on the reported existence of a program used by the National Security Administration and the FBI to scour the nation's main Internet companies.

Updated: 8:16 PM Nouel Alba, 37, of the Bronx, pleaded guilty in Bridgeport, Conn., to wire fraud and making false statements, the U.S. attorney's office said.

Posted: 7:39 PM Seven active-duty Marines, seven former Marines and a Navy sailor are among 50 people arrested in a law enforcement sweep that busted up crime rings allegedly dealing in illegal drugs, stolen military gear and cars.

Posted: 3:25 PM A second child at a Philadelphia hospital is asking a federal judge to order that he be put on the adult waiting list for a donated lung.

Posted: 3:03 PM America as a whole has regained all the household wealth it lost to the Great Recession and then some, thanks to higher stock and home prices.

Updated: 10:39 PM The storm, with top winds of 60 miles an hour, is pelting Florida's Gulf Coast with rain and wind as it moves toward the coasts of Georgia and the Carolinas.

Posted: 2:28 PM Clay Waller of Jackson pleaded guilty Thursday to second-degree murder in the death of Jacque Waller.

Updated: 12:42 PM The White House says a court order allowing the government to secretly collect millions of U.S. citizens' telephone records is a critical tool to fight security threats.

Posted: 11:30 AM A U.S. court has frozen the assets of Thailand trader accused of profiting from advance knowledge of a Chinese company's plan to acquire Smithfield Foods.

Posted: 11:15 AM The House has passed a $45 billion measure boosting the Department of Homeland Security's budget by about 2 percent above spending levels imposed by an ongoing round of automatic budgets cuts.

Posted: 11:10 AM Critics are describing it as a huge government over-reach. They're reacting to news that the government has been secretly collecting the phone records of millions of U.S. customers of Verizon under a top-secret court order.

Posted: 10:49 AM Authorities say an ambulance with its lights and sirens on has collided with a semitrailer on a Georgia highway, killing the two medics and the patient on board.

Posted: 10:42 AM Chrysler is recalling nearly 435,000 Jeep SUVs to fix air bag and transmission fluid leaks.

Posted: 9:59 AM An Internal Revenue Service official is defending extravagant spending at an employee conference and says it conformed with agency rules at the time.

Posted: 8:57 AM A Florida judge has denied a defense request to let a handful of witnesses testify confidentiality during George Zimmerman's trial for fatally shooting Trayvon Martin.

Posted: 8:01 PM Leslie Van Houten was convicted of murder and conspiracy for her role in the 1969 slaying of a wealthy Los Angeles couple.