Lawyers for a Chicago mobster who recently died in prison will appeal to a federal judge to dismiss his conviction and allow him to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery. World War II veteran Sam Volpendesto, 89, was sentenced in 2011 for his rol...

Anthony Weiner, whose career as a congressman collapsed after he posted sexually suggestive pictures of himself on Twitter, has announced that he’s running for mayor of New York City.“I made some big mistakes and I know I let a lot of people down. Bu...

- Regular train service is returning to Connecticut, five days after a derailment injured scores of commuters and damaged tracks., - Regular train service is returning to Connecticut, five days after a derailment injured scores of commuters and damag...

Feeling especially lucky? Get your tickets out and see if you're tonight's lottery winner! The Mega Millions winning numbers for May 21, 2013 are 2, 15, 17, 48, 55, the Mega Ball number is 11, and...

Oklahoma City isn't just a place where Thunder star Kevin Durant lives these days. It's home. So as he watched the horrifying images Monday...

In a funny reminder that not everyone believes in God, a woman who survived the devastating tornado in Oklahoma told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer she was an atheist after Blitzer asked her if she had thanked “the...

- A House committee taking Congress' latest look at the Internal Revenue Service's mistreatment of tea party groups will apparently hold its hearing without input from its star witness., - A House committee taking Congress' latest look at the Interna...

Down two with 71 seconds left, the Blackhawks weren’t exactly out of Monday night’s Game 3 in Detroit. After all, just four days earlier, the Los Angeles Kings scored twice in 22 seconds at the end of the game to beat the San Jose Sharks. And just a ...

In the wake of yesterday’s devastating tornado in Oklahoma, there is little question that those so terribly affected will be largely dependent upon the federal government to provide the relief necessary to help the victims of this terrible disaster r...

(TOKYO) — Japan’s central bank says the world’s third-biggest economy is “picking up” as demand recovers in other countries and remains resilient at home, though the trade deficit widened in April, for the tenth straight month. The Bank of Japan ende...