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The Afghanistan war is at a critical juncture, and some Afghans are losing faith in America's ability to deliver on its promises.

The government granted BP another day to continue tests on a cap plugging the massive Gulf oil leak as forecasters warned of stormy weather.

President Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron agreed that Scotland's decision to release the Lockerbie bomber was a mistake.

What lies below the Bahamas? A veiled world of fossils, blind creatures and scientific riddles, a team of cave divers has found.

In the face of crib recalls and other safety alerts, the government wants to make it easier for parents to have confidence in their purchase ...

A special election in West Virginia is forcing Senate Democrats to defend another seat in this year's rocky political season.

Gov. Gary Herbert said Tuesday that two state workers were responsible for compiling and distributing a list of personal information of 1,300 ...

Elena Kagan, President Obama's choice for the Supreme Court, moved a step closer to confirmation Tuesday as the Senate Judiciary Committee voted ...

Approximately 400,000 infants still get HIV/AIDS from their mothers each year despite the availability of drugs that can block "nearly all" mother-to-child ...

President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday reaffirmed his commitment for Afghan police and soldiers to take charge of security throughout the nation by ...

People around the nation are reaching out in many imaginative ways to aid victims of the Gulf oil spill.

Concealed handguns won't be allowed in Roman Catholic churches, despite a new state law allowing them.

A former Roman Catholic priest who was part of a $5 million sex abuse settlement in Wisconsin two decades ago was suspended from a volunteer ...

Report on BP courting professors for secret research on disaster's impact is met with swift rebukes, concerns.

Energy giant BP has stemmed the flow of oil running into the Gulf of Mexico, but the political fallout from the spill continues to seep into ...

Since it was approved more than a decade ago, the drug has been the target of medical skepticism about its safety.

An upcoming decision by the Food and Drug Administration on whether to pull the drug off the market may be moot.

Education level of cohabiting mothers is also on the rise.

In MTV's new documentary series with the anti-bullying program Challenge Day, kids learn how to tear down walls between school cliques.

After more than a decade of failure, a new vaginal gel gives women the power to reduce their risk of contracting AIDS and genital herpes.