WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. government's new system to replace the five color-coded terror alerts will have two levels of warnings -- elevated and imminent -- that will be relayed to the public only under certain circumstances

NEW YORK (AP) -- Glenn Beck later this year will end his Fox News Channel talk show, which has sunk in the ratings and has suffered from an advertiser boycott

Short of a deal, congressional leaders bargained and squabbled by turns Thursday on legislation to cut spending and prevent a partial government shutdown that loomed for Friday at midnight

The debate between the centers and the city has renewed focus on the New York City's abortion rate, at 41 percent among the highest in the country

Synthetic substances that mimic marijuana, cocaine and other illegal drugs are making users across the nation seriously ill, causing seizures and hallucinations and even killing some people.

Struggling to avert a government shutdown, Republicans and Democrats each said Wednesday the other would be to blame if compromise talks on the budget fail to produce an agreement

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) -- The U.S. Supreme Court blocked the first scheduled execution of a Texas death row inmate using pentobarbital on Tuesday.

The longest war in United States history puts an incredible strain on both military service members and their families. The mother in Florida who killed her two teenage children in January – whose husband had been deployed to the Middle East multiple times – suffered from depression and substance abuse issues. Cases of depression among military spouses is significantly higher than in the civilian population.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Speaker John Boehner said Tuesday that private talks with President Barack Obama failed to produce a deal to avoid a government shutdown

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- A gunman testified Monday that he shot a California journalist three times in broad daylight on a downtown Oakland street to make sure he completed the killing ordered by the leader of a once-influential community group.