Gio Gonzalez gave Team USA its best start yet, and David Wright provided a big finish.

House Republicans have put out a video to remind visitors that while they may be locked out of the Obama White House because of budget cuts, the doors to the Capitol are still open for tours.

The White House says the new House Republican budget outlines the wrong course for the nation.

An arraignment hearing is under way in a Denver suburb for James Holmes, the man charged with an attack last summer at a movie theater.

A Senate Committee has approved a Democratic bill that would expand required federal background checks for nearly all gun purchasers.

New York City's groundbreaking limit on the size of sugar-laden drinks has been struck down by a judge shortly before it was set to take effect.

An early morning house fire leaves 7 dead and a community heartbroken.

An unofficial United States holiday pays tribute to a modern breakfast staple: cereal!

Businesses in military towns - including Alabama - brace for budget hit... Coroner: 2 adults, 5 children killed in Ky. fire... Set clocks ahead for daylight saving time... Barbed humor on the menu at annual Gridiron dinner...

Sistine Chapel chimney installed as conclave nears, still no frontrunner... Hagel: Optimistic on reaching commando agreement... US officials rescue 71 migrants near Puerto Rico... New state tourism minister assassinated in Mexico... Violence across Cairo leaves at least 2 protesters dead... Researchers: Stonehenge started as huge graveyard...

Venezuela sets presidential election for April 14... Maduro leans on Chavez's charisma for popularity

The Secretary of the Army has approved the suspension of Tuition Assistance effective March 8, 2013. Soldiers will no longer be permitted to submit new requests for Tuition Assistance.

Cruise ship officials say a gastrointestinal illness--thought to be the norovirus--broke out on board sickening more than one hundred guests.

Like other pigs, Zorro can't fly. But with the help of owner Matthew Bell, he sure can ride waves.

A century and a half after the Civil War ship the USS Monitor sank, two unknown crewmen found in the ironclad's turret will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

Federal statistics show that efforts to douse the largest of the nation's wildfires last year cost more than $580 million, and some fires burned for more than three months.

The judge in the deadly Colorado theater shootings has denied a request by defense lawyers to declare a state law on the insanity plea unconstitutional.

Today, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) and Representatives John Lewis (D-GA), Terri Sewell (D-AL) and Martha Roby (R-AL) announced the launch of the House Historian’s new website: The House and Selma: Bridging History and Memory.

The four-star general who has been at the forefront of the Army's search for solutions to its suicide problem says a turnaround to the problem is in sight, even though suicides are still on the rise.

The Justice Department says the rate of sexual violence against women and girls age 12 or older fell 64 percent in a decade and has remained stable for five years.

Fifty years ago this week, the patent for the Hula Hoop was approved by the toy company, Wham-O.

A New York man says he didn't know it was a crime to laugh.

Forecasters say a winter storm that's made a mess in the Midwest and parts of the Mid-Atlantic could generate strong winds, more snow and the possibility of coastal flooding in New England on Thursday.

The storm that's brought a blast of wet snow to the city appears to be living up to the advance warnings. It's expected to dump more snow than Chicago has seen since the 2011 blizzard.

Small knives and sporting equipment will soon be allowed on airplanes for the first time since 2001.