Korva Coleman

The GOP-backed measures, passed earlier in the day by Michigan's state House, were signed into law by Republican Gov. Rick Snyder in the afternoon.

Egypt's army also warned both supporters and opponents of President Morsi that they must hold talks, otherwise Egypt will enter a "dark tunnel" leading to catastrophe — and the army won't allow it.

Zimmerman's lawsuit alleges NBC deliberately altered 911 calls he placed to a dispatcher; by rearranging the conversation, he claims the network wrongly smeared him as a racist.

The four suspects were interested in training in Taliban camps in Afghanistan; three of the suspects were arrested in California, a fourth is being held in Afghanistan.

The former CIA director will speak to Congress about events in the Benghazi attack, while Paula Broadwell, the military reserve intelligence official, loses her security clearance aft...

Acting CEO/COO Michael Hervey will leave at the end of the year; had planned to step down before Sandy struck. N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants to appoint an investigative panel to check ...

The FBI notified Petraeus that it was aware of his relationship with author Paula Broadwell after the two exchanged hundreds or thousands of emails.

Syrian government jets bomb Damascus suburbs and other towns to root out rebels, while Qatari prime minister delivers blistering criticism of Syrian leader Assad.

At least eight people are dead and 78 are wounded, state news media report, while victims scramble to get out of the debris. The attack, possibly a car bomb, happened on a street wher...

French prosecutors dropped a gang rape charge against former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn because the woman says she consented to sex. He is still under investigation for involvement in a prostitution ring.

The U.S. Postal Service will default on a payment of $5.1 billion this Sunday, linked to a Congressional requirement to pre-fund benefits. The Postmaster General says without the dema...

Negotiators for the Chicago teachers union and the public school system appear closer to a possible contract agreement, but the strike continues for a fifth day.

Billboard Magazine has named its Song of Summer: Carly Rae Jepson's 'Call Me Maybe'. The tune was at the top of music lists between Memorial and Labor Day.

Armstrong commanded the Apollo 11 spacecraft that landed on the moon July 20, 1969. His words about "one giant leap for mankind" became the stuff of history and were sealed forever in...

The Family Research Council, a pro-life organization, says Rep. Todd Akin's remarks on rape recently were wrong; however, they will continue to support him because he's strongly pro-life and a 'decent' man.

Three members of the Russian female punk band, Pussy Riot, learn their sentence tomorrow for a public performance calling for President Vladimir Putin's ouster. They're charged with h...

Syrian rebels claim responsibility for a bomb that went off near the hotel used by the United Nations observer team. None of the UN staffers was hurt.

A jet skier runs out of gas in water near JFK airport. So he swims to shore, climbs an airport fence and walks across two runways to find help. He is never detected by security officials.

Two earthquakes about 10 minutes apart killed scores of people in northwestern Iran. Several villages may be badly damaged or destroyed and hundreds of people are hurt.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Turkey's foreign minister announce the creation of a working group to deal with the collapse of Syria, and the potential of a chemical weapons attack by the Syrian government.