By Ashley Powers
Dennis Walaker, the mayor of this flood-threatened city, closed a meeting Saturday by handing out celebratory cigars to officials -- to be...
By Katherine Skiba
After President Obama was elected, his mother-in-law said she loved her family, but she loved her home in Chicago too.
By David Zucchino
The proud lieutenant commander of the Smithfield Light Infantry of the Sons of Confederate Veterans is John M. Booker, a burly retired...
By Thomas H. Maugh II
Even with tuberculosis cases falling sharply in the United States to historic lows, strains of drug-resistant disease are gaining ground...
By Nicholas Riccardi
Before the shooting, David Serbeck and Reginald Campos were pillars of their community, living at opposite ends of an unfinished development...
By Nicholas Riccardi
During the warm months, when students at Westport High School got too hot, they cooled down by moving to one of the many vacant classrooms...
By Noam N. Levey and Janet Hook
With the clock ticking down to Sunday's vote on the $940-billion healthcare package, President Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San...
Associated Press
Before this flood season, officials in Fargo asked homeowners to clear paths in their yards so that firm and straight walls of sandbags...
Associated Press
The Boy Scouts of America has long kept an extensive archive of secret documents that chronicle the sexual abuse of young boys by Scout...
By Karen Kaplan
When structural engineer Anuj Bansal designs systems for hospitals, university libraries and apartment complexes, seismic safety is a key...
By David G. Savage
Texas death row inmate Hank Skinner, convicted of murdering his girlfriend and her two sons 16 years ago, has only one request before he...
By Amina Khan
When a magnitude 4.4 earthquake shook Southern Californians awake in the predawn hours Tuesday, many rushed to their computers to learn...