There are nearly 14 million cancer survivors in the United States, and according to the American Association for Cancer Research, that number is expected to rise to 18 million by 2022.

Astronauts and cosmonauts are preparing for a launch later today that will take them to the International Space Station.

Some residents evacuated from hillside homes on Washington state's Whidbey Island after a large landslide are being told they can return, now that geologists have taken a preliminary look at the area.

A popular Easter staple in northeast Ohio was blanketed by heavy snow -- less than a week before the holiday.

Medical claims costs, the biggest driver of health insurance premiums, will jump an average 32 percent for Americans' individual policies under President Barack Obama's overhaul, according to a study by the nation's leading group of financial risk analysts.

Millions of people are dealing with another day of snow, slush and chill, nearly a week after Spring officially began.

The nation's leading group of financial risk analysts says medical claims costs -- the biggest driver of insurance premiums -- will jump an average 32 percent for individual policies under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.

A teen from Oregon is celebrating after becoming the first person with Down syndrome to climb to the base camp of Mount Everest.

President Barack Obama has named veteran Secret Service agent Julia Pierson as the agency's first female director.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is expanding a program intended to reduce poverty and improve life in rural areas through better access to federal money.

The Dragon cargo ship has left the International Space Station and is on its way back to Earth.

This week’s major home video releases include the first season of the last Star Trek series to air, a look back at a historical presidency, a family comedy.

The calendar says it's spring, but the weather hardly feels like it.

A Transocean employee who served as chief mate on the Deepwater Horizon says he believes the rig crew's emergency training saved lives following the 2010 explosion that killed 11 workers and triggered the nation's worst offshore oil spill.

The Internal Revenue Service says it was a mistake for employees to use an agency studio in Maryland to film a parody of the TV show "Star Trek."

Winter storm warnings and advisories have been issued as far east as Pennsylvania as a storm system moves across the country after dumping up to 15 inches of snow on parts of Colorado and Kansas.

Breaking down the differences in the proposed Congressional budgets (Democratic controlled Senate's budget versus the Republican controlled House's budget)...

2 children killed in Denver hit-and-run... Marines ID gunman, 2 victims in Va. base shooting... Man killed in Texas called suspect in Colo slaying... Miner killed in cave-in just missed death in 2007... Saplings from Anne Frank (the Jewish teenager hiding in Amsterdam during WWII from the Nazis)'s tree take root in US...

Key US decision on Cuba terror-designation coming and possible changes in US-Cuba relations... Obama affirms Israel's ancient biblical roots... Cyprus racing to complete alternative financial rescue plan... Israel says Syria reason for restoring Turkey ties... Rebels seize air defense base in southern Syria... Hailstorms kill 12 people in southern China... Ukrainian capital paralyzed by snowstorm...

Pope Francis tells Benedict: "We're brothers" ... Benedict's resignation paved the way for the first pope from Latin America, the first Jesuit, and the first to call himself Francis after the 13th century friar who devoted himself to the poor, nature and working for peace.

Space history -- at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean!

A base spokesman says the suspect in a shooting at Marine Base Quantico in Virginia has been found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound along with a second victim.

A Northern Kentucky teenager has been banned from saying the word "Bingo" after shouting it in a Bingo hall, which created some confusion and anxiety.

The latest study done on what to do with the Astrodome is getting mixed reviews from Houstonians.

Residents in Brookshire, Texas got a rude awakening early Wednesday morning.