Singing sensation Susan Boyle has been awarded an honorary doctorate from a Scottish university.

During a tumultuous time in morning television, the competition between the "Today" show and "Good Morning America" can't get any tighter.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum has unveiled a memorial honoring a late Cleveland newspaper reporter known for covering the institution, rock music and the industry.

Brian Oxman, who was once an attorney for Michael Jackson, will no longer be able to practice law in California.

Authorities say heartthrob singer Justin Bieber has been ticketed for speeding on a Los Angeles freeway after being chased by at least one other vehicle.

Many Floridians are still drying out from Tropical Storm Debby. Although flood insurance isn't often a requirement, the unpredictability of hurricane season often makes it a necessity. Now thanks to changes underway in Washington flood insurance premiums could be about to skyrocket.

New technology is helping surgical patients get through their operations in a faster, more efficient way.

The death toll blamed on storms and the ensuing blackout across the eastern U.S. is now at 26 after two accidents in Virginia.

One of the two independent teams at the world's biggest atom smasher says it has found strong evidence of a new subatomic particle that looks like the one believed to give all matter in the universe size and shape.

There's more than 100 pounds difference between the two defending champions who will try to eat the most hot dogs today in the 97th edition of The Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest at Coney Island.

A fireworks explosion has set a New Hampshire home ablaze and filled it with smoke, injuring at least nine people.

In Florida, convicted felons aren't allowed to vote for at least seven years after they've completed their sentence. Even then, they have to apply to have their voting rights restored, and there's no guarantee they'll succeed. It's one of the nation's most restrictive post-release policies, and critics say it may be endangering public safety.

A stretch of roadway in Wisconsin buckled during this weekend's extreme heat.

Men who make a pit stop at any of hundreds of Michigan bars may hear a public service announcement, in the bathroom.

Six Air Force tankers are getting back in the air today after a deadly crash over the weekend

More than 35 million Americans are expected to travel by car this Fourth of July, and a good chunk will probably reach for technology before they unfold -- or try to refold -- a paper road map.

Elmore County officials say the body of a man who fell into Lake Jordan has been found.

A Georgia girl asked people celebrating her second birthday not to give her any gifts.Instead, Jovi Van Norman asked for bottled water to donate to the Central Georgia Chapter of the American Red Cross.

Authorities arrested a man they saw was throwing a tantrum at a South Florida airport, cursing and yelling at a ticket agent.

An elderly man has been released to a St. Petersburg nursing home, two years after he confessed to the 1979 murder of a minister's wife.

Despite the Supreme Court's ruling upholding the federal health care reform law, Florida Governor Rick Scott says he won't be implementing it, at least for now. He's holding out hope the law will be repealed before January 2014. That's when states will be legally bound to follow it. It's a hope that almost completely depends on a republican victory in November.

Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri wants convenience stores to stop selling synthetic marijuana.

Florida is getting a $9.1 million bonus from the federal government over how the state is running its food stamp program.

A Chinese national pleaded not guilty Monday to charges that he smuggled more than $1 million worth of fake Marlboro cigarettes into the United States.

CNN's Anderson Cooper came out in a letter online, saying "the fact is, I'm gay."