A new biography of Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist depicts him as a "brilliant loner who used the court to advance his right-wing agenda.

Don't mess with San Francisco when it comes to the World Series. For the second time in three years, the Giants claimed Major League Baseball's top prize.

States up and down the East Coast are preparing for Hurricane Sandy, which has sent rain to portions of North and South Carolina. Beginning Sunday evening, Sandy could strike the U.S. coast anywhere from the North Carolina-Virginia border to Connecticut, a 700-mile stretch where state and local authorities are rushing to prepare for potentially devastating effects.

A Pakistani politician critical of U.S. drone strikes says American authorities detained and questioned him at a Canadian airport Friday night.

The New York nanny suspected in the killings of two children in her care began knifing herself when their mother entered the bathroom and saw the bodies in the bathtub, police said Friday.

Supreme Court takes controversial copyright case of Thai student who sold foreigh textbooks to finance studies.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Even before a second Republican Senate candidate tripped over incendiary comments about rape, GOP leaders in Washington knew that their once promising chances of winning control of the Senate had diminished.

(CNN) -- Police drones circling overhead, ready to help search for lost children, rescue stranded boaters, and capture criminals. Or drones equipped with lethal weapons, high-tech cameras able to see through clothing, and technology that monitors a person's visit to religious or political events.

(CNN) -- Floridians have little to fear from Hurricane Sandy as the storm loses some force and begins veering away, but all the way up the Atlantic Coast, New Englanders are worrying about its fury as a combination of weather conditions threaten to turn it into a disaster for them as early as Monday.

(CNN) -- The most recent controversial comment from a male politician on the subject of rape and abortion had President Barack Obama incredulous Wednesday during an appearance on Jay Leno's late-night talk show.