NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- The mayor of New Jersey's largest city said Friday he thought he might die when he dashed through a burning, smoky kitchen to find and rescue a neighbor from her second-floor bedroom.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Goldman Sachs has agreed to pay $22 million to settle regulatory charges that its analysts shared confidential research with favored clients.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) -- Nearly a half-century after African-Americans were admitted to predominantly white Texas A&M University, a black student has finally reached the pinnacle of one of its signature organizations.
SYCAMORE, Ill. (AP) -- A Seattle man was found not guilty Thursday of raping an Illinois teenager 50 years ago in a case that stemmed from an unrelated charge - that he killed a young girl from the same small town five years earlier.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday that the Justice Department will take appropriate action in the killing of Trayvon Martin if it finds evidence that a federal criminal civil rights crime has been committed.
MENDENHALL, Pa. (AP) -- The 2012 presidential general election has begun. It won't be pretty.
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Planned Parenthood sued Texas on Wednesday for excluding the group from participating in a program that provides contraception and check-ups to women.
Some homeowners are getting stuck with relatively high interest rates even after they participate in the government's program to help them refinance their mortgages. The biggest banks are not lowering rates as much as they could and homeowners have few options to go elsewhere.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Teen births fell again in the United States in 2010 with the highest rate once more in Mississippi, according to a new government report.
BALTIMORE (AP) -- Two public school teachers and a school administrator who call themselves "The Three Amigos" are sharing part of last month's record Mega Millions jackpot, planning for trips to Europe, new homes and their children's college funds, Maryland Lottery officials said Tuesday.