A Veterans of Foreign Wars official says an eighth Marine has died after a mortar shell explosion during mountain warfare training in Nevada's high desert.

Betty and James Johnson sift through pictures of their granddaughter Maayimuna N'diaye.

As we mark the 10th anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq war, Michelle and I join our fellow Americans in paying tribute to all who served and sacrificed in one of our nation’s longest wars.

A new poll is shedding light on how American Catholics feel about Pope Francis and Catholic doctrine.

Less than a week after his latest health crusade to block the sale of large sugary drinks was halted by a judge, Mayor Michael Bloomberg has again focused his attention on smoking.

A late winter storm promises to snarl the morning commute and even add a few more snow days to school calendars across New England.

As a government-wide spending bill nears the finish line in the Senate, chamber members are focusing on local concerns like keeping meat inspectors on the job, preventing furloughs at rural airports and re-opening the White House to tours.

A Fox News reporter in New York is appealing a judge's order to appear in a Colorado court to identify her sources for a story about a notebook that movie theater shooting suspect James Holmes sent a psychiatrist before the killings.

In response to the budget cuts that took effect March 1, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has ordered a re-evaluation of the underpinnings of the defense strategy that President Barack Obama announced 14 months ago.

U-S women are more likely than men to say they feel worried, nervous or anxious. That's according to a survey from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Relieved your kids aren't posting embarrassing messages and goofy self-portraits on Facebook?

A new study is detailing how years of cutbacks have affected the quality of television and newspaper news and how consumers view the work.

Photos and mementos that were snatched up and blown hundreds of miles by a cluster of Southern tornadoes are giving researchers new insight on how debris is carried by the storms and how it could threaten the public.

Unemployment rates increased in half of U.S. states in January from December, as employers nationwide added the fewest jobs in seven months.

Increasing college completion rates remains a constant worry among education leaders. Now some schools are scouring their databases to track down former students who unknowingly qualify for degrees.

Don't expect Michael Jackson's doctor to take the stand.

A Soyuz space capsule carrying an American astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts has landed on the steppes of Kazakhstan, returning the three men to Earth after a 144-day mission to the International Space Station.

The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC 2013) kicked off on Thursday, March 14th for a three day conservative summit in Oxon Hill, MD.

Pentagon: Iranian plane pursued US spy drone... Armed man kills self in Pa. sports store bathroom... Suspect in NY slaying, child rape, beaten in jail... Judge to announce verdict Sunday in Ohio rape trial... Air Force trainer convicted of raping ex-trainee... Bus carrying college lacrosse team crashes in Pa., killing pregnant coach, driver... NFL player Stallworth injured when balloon hits power lines... Two dead at Calif. Raceway... Hundreds checked for risk in rabies case... Calm weather helps crews battling fire in N. Colrado...

New China premier pledges strong ties with US and cutting China's government spending... Number of dead pigs in waters near Shanghai tops 12,500... Iran: Commanders authorized to respond to attacks... High-ranking Syrian general defects... Supporters and opponents of Egypt's president clash... Presidential candidates spar in Venezuela...

Spending compromise in the works?... House group nearing deal on immigration bill... Sen. Rand Paul narrowly wins conservative poll... Palin urges GOP to broaden message... SC's Graham shows limits of tea party intimidation...

Pope explains name, urges `church for the poor'...

Goat's milk could be a key to addressing childhood mortality in developing countries.

At Killer Pizza from Mars in Escondido, you'll find a staff of young, hardworking employees. But when it comes to loyalty, owner Dave Mizell has his favorite.

The Senate Judiciary Committee has approved an assault weapons ban in a party -line vote that underscores how hard it will be for the measure to survive in the full Senate.