A massive tornado nearly leveled a small town in northern Illinois killing two people.
Lawmakers in the Florida House have passed a bill to allow some private adoption agencies to turn down adoption requests by gay couples.
People are living longer these days, and they're staying active as they get older too.
One year after revelations that sick veterans were getting sicker while being kept on waiting lists at Veterans Affairs hospitals, the Associated Press reports nothing has changed.
Michael Slager, the white police officer in South Carolina charged with murder for shooting an unarmed black man in the back, has been fired.
Cities across the Midwest are bracing for severe weather Thursday.
Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 21, looked down as he listened to one guilty verdict after another on all 30 counts against him. Seventeen of those counts are punishable by death.
Religious freedom laws in states like Indiana and Arkansas are creating a debate across the nation with differing opinions. But some conservative talk show hosts are calling out Christian leaders, saying they aren't taking a stand.
A federal jury has convited Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on all charges in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings. The 21-year-old now faces the death penalty for his actions.
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a former Muslim and an outspoken critic of radical Islam, is taking her message of the need for an Islamic reformation to the news media.