WASHINGTON (AP) — In a bid to hold onto his House seat, freshman Republican Rep. Allen West is making his opponent's bleary mug shot the focus of a blistering ad launched Friday. On a single night in February, 2003, the ad notes, West was on an Army ...

PHOENIX (AP) - A man fatally shot himself in the head Friday on live national television at the end of a high-speed carjacking chase that began in Phoenix and ended about 90 minutes later within 80 miles of the California border. Fox News was coverin ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles say the man behind the anti-Islamic video that sparked violence in the Middle East will now be referred to by his true legal name. Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert Dugdale said Friday that Nakoula ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House says President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (neh-ten-YAH'-hoo) remain in "full agreement" about keeping Iran from getting a nuclear weapon. The Obama administration's account of Friday's ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - In his most detailed plea to date for global action against Iran's nuclear program, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday the world has until next summer at the latest to stop Iran before it can build a nuclear ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department's use of electronic devices to intercept phone numbers, email addresses and online information has climbed by 64 percent since 2009, according to a study of records released under the Freedom of Information Ac ...

NEW YORK (AP) - The agency that oversees the city's public transit system, stung by a court decision that forced it to run an ad implying that enemies of Israel are "savages," says it will continue to allowpolitical advertisements on subways and buse ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -— Dozens of volunteers armed with clipboards and voter registration forms gather at President Barack Obama's field office here every day. Their mission: Fan out across the city seeking new voters in this rapidly growing state. "Ar ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Vice presidential candidate Paul Ryansaid Thursday that he wants the Republican campaign message to be so detailed and compelling that Mitt Romney will be elected president "by acclamation." The Wisconsin congressman said at a ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration is awarding $290 million in grants to reward top teachers and boost opportunities for teachers who work in impoverished schools. The Department of Education says the funds will flow to almost 1,000 schools i ...