The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops denounced President Barack Obama's compromise over whether to require religiously affiliated institutions to provide contraception to female employees, saying the proposal raises "serious moral concerns," acco...

Up to 200,000 low-income families will lose out from little-noticed change, says shadow chief secretary to the Treasury Up to 200,000 families could lose £4,000 a year because of a little-noticed change to the working tax credit coming into force in ...

John Isner shocked Roger Federer, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-2, giving the United States a 2-0 lead against Switzerland in their Davis Cup first-round series yesterday in Fribourg, Switzerland. Isnerand#8217;s big serve backed and booming groundstrokes cha...

A federal judge has sentenced the father of an admitted terrorist to 4 ½ years in prison for destroying evidence and lying to investigators. Mohammed Wali Zazi was sentenced Friday in Brooklyn for charges including conspiracy and obstruction of justi...

An Iranian semiofficial news agency reports that the Hamas prime minister of Gaza has arrived in Tehran. The visit may be an attempt by the Palestinian militant movement to avoid snubbing Iran even as it cultivates ties with the wealthy Gulf.

Gov. Martin O'Malley says he wants lawmakers to pass a bill that would legalize gay marriage in order to provide children with stable homes.

Avalanche center Ryan O'Reilly completed a magical third period and overtime Friday night, scoring the game-winning goal with 1.2 seconds remaining in overtime to give Colorado a 4-3 victory.

While everyone in the media was suggesting last week that the sky was falling when it came to "American Idol," Hollywood Week has come around and changed the opinions of many.Writing in a new pair of posts...

The government’s deal with banks over their foreclosure practices after 16 months of investigations is cheap for the loan servicers while costly for bond investors including pension funds, according to Pacific Investment Management Co.’s Scott Simon.

A former police captain was sentenced to 10 years in prison Friday for amassing what authorities said was one of the largest and most disturbing child pornography collections they've ever seen in Connecticut, one that included images of infants and t...