The Securities and Exchange Commission said Sunday it is immediately opening a probe to prevent the spread of false information used to manipulate securities prices.
Many firefighters and homeowners were able to take a collective breath Sunday morning as another town appears to have been spared from yet another wildfire in an unprecedented California fire season still in its early stages.
A multi-pronged militant assault on a small, remote U.S. base killed nine American soldiers Sunday in one of the deadliest attacks on U.S. troops since the 2001 invasion, a Western official said.
Comedian Bernie Mac endured some heckling and a campaign rebuke duringa surprise appearance Friday night at a fundraiser for Democraticpresidential candidate Barack Obama.
North Korea on Sunday rejected a proposal by South Korea's president toresume stalled reconciliation talks, calling it a "deceitful" tactic toavoid taking responsibility for deteriorated ties.
Angelina Jolie's doctor says the actress has given birth to a girl and a boy. Jolie, the babies and Jolie's partner,actor Brad Pitt, "are doing marvelously well," Dr. Michel Sussmann tells the Associated Press.
Barack Obama said Saturday there is "little doubt we've moved into recession," underscoring the country's need for a second economic stimulus package, swift steps to shore up the housing market and a long-term energy policy to reduce reliance on foreign
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Sunday that Israel and the Palestinians have never been as close to a peace deal than now. Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, standing with Olmert at the French presidential palace, said both sides are "serious
Firefighters seemed to be getting ahead Saturday on a wildfire that destroyedpart of a town in the Sierra Nevada foothills, one of the hundreds ofblazes that continue to char huge swaths of California. Meanwhile, additional National Guard troops have been
A former Pentagon analyst was sentenced Friday to almost five years inprison for giving secret information about U.S.-Taiwan militaryrelations to a New Orleans furniture salesman who turned out to be aChinese spy.
Tony Snow, a conservative writer and commentator who cheerfully sparred with reporters in the White House briefing room during a stint as President Bush's press secretary, died Saturday of colon cancer. He was 53.
Former President Bill Clinton, speaking in Philadelphia at the National Governors Association's semiannual meeting Saturday, warned that the country is becoming increasingly polarized despite thehistoric nature of the Democratic primary.
Pakistan's top diplomat said Saturday there are no U.S. or otherforeign military personnel on the hunt for Osama bin Laden in hisnation, and none will be allowed in to search for the al-Qaida leader. Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi
A volcano erupted Saturday with little warning on a remote island inAlaska, sending residents of a nearby ranch fleeing from falling ashand volcanic rock.
