While the policy, known as “don’t ask, don’t tell,” will not change right away, the ruling reflects others taking aim at discrimination against homosexuals.

Terry Jones put himself at the center of a controversy by using the news lull of summer and a 24-hour news cycle to promote his anti-Islam cause.

The Obama administration is pushing a power-sharing arrangement in Iraq that could retain Nuri Kamal al-Maliki as prime minister but curb his authority.

Public defenders in Missouri say the budget is interfering with their ability to provide poor defendants with their right to a lawyer.

A massive fire fueled by a ruptured gas line roared through a neighborhood south of San Francisco on Thursday leaving at least one dead.

President Obama will promote Austan Goolsbee to chairman of his Council of Economic Advisers.

New Orleans raced to an early lead but had to rally for a win in a sloppy opening-night effort against Minnesota.

Officials are attempting to buy and destroy copies of an Afghan war memoir they say holds intelligence secrets.

Michael Cohl, the lead producer of the musical, is taking a risk on the most expensive show in Broadway history.

For almost a decade, the annual commemoration of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, has been seen as a day of national unity and sober remembrance. This year, contentious issues of religious freedom and national identity threaten to color the ninth anniversary of those tragic events.

KABUL - Kabul Bank became the pride of Afghanistan's financial system by offering the conveniences and thrills of 21st-century capitalism: branches in far-flung provinces, plentiful ATMs, and lottery prizes of cash and houses.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai plans to restrict international involvement in anti-corruption investigations, a move that U.S. officials fear will hobble efforts to address the endemic graft that threatens support for his administration in Afghanistan and the United States.

When Sharon Pratt ran for mayor in 1990, she proclaimed herself a reformer, promising to clean up the District bureaucracy "with a shovel, not a broom."

A closely divided federal appeals court has dismissed a lawsuit seeking damages from a company that worked with the CIA as part of its "extraordinary rendition" program.

The Democrats, facing an electoral washout in November of the sort rarely seen since the time of Noah (D-Mount Ararat), have launched their autumn campaign with one of the underdog's time-honored strategies: pooh-poohing the polling.

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"I'm here to tell you that our job is not finished and we are not going anywhere until it is."

There was no shortage of ideas for the redevelopment of Jamestown Mall at a hands-on design session to get public input Thursday night.

Kirkwood man is accused of being part of a ring that flogged, mutilated and caged her

The John A. Cochran Medical Center in St. Louis has successfully handled this summer's dental equipment sterilization crisis, but it isn't serving veterans quickly or politely, U.S. Sen. Claire McCask

The change in weather forecast is now calling for rain to last throughout the weekend in the St. Louis area.

St. Louis designer Michael Drummond was among 10 designers still standing on the fashion cult TV series "Project Runway" on Thursday when each presented a 10-piece collection at the famed Mercedes-Ben

Tea Party activists from across the heartland will converge here Sunday, touting a message of low taxes, small government and fiscal restraint at a rally aimed at stoking enthusiasm for the November e

A small explosion at a uranium conversion plant in Metropolis, Ill., has added fuel to the fire of an ongoing labor dispute.

A state audit of Washington County says the county is in poor financial shape and "cannot continue to spend more than it receives."

Minutes after a woman was suspended from her job at a Kraft Foods Inc. plant and was escorted out, she returned with a handgun and opened fire, killing two people and critically injuring a third before being taken into custody, police said.

After three nights of violent protests, calm mainly prevailed over a gritty neighborhood where police fatally shot an illegal immigrant from Guatemala who was menacing officers with a knife.

A federal judge said she will issue an order to halt the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, after she declared the ban on openly gay service members unconstitutional.

Weary firefighters hoped the worst was over from a wildfire that destroyed nearly 170 homes in the Rocky Mountains foothills, but crews monitored were monitoring hot spots early Friday amid concerns that erratic winds could fan the flames and send them into Boulder.

The New Orleans Saints opened their title defense by winning with defense.

Dubai World says it has won over nearly all its creditors to its plan to restructure $24.9 billion in debt.

Two religious leaders are at odds about whether a deal was struck to stop a Quran-burning at a tiny church in exchange for moving the location of a mosque planned near ground zero, with the church's pastor leaving the door open to still go through with his plan.

Convicted killer Cal Coburn Brown was executed early Friday by lethal injection for the rape, torture and murder of a Seattle-area woman, in Washington state's first use of capital punishment in nine years.

Oil prices climbed to near $76 a barrel Friday in Asia as better economic indicators from Japan to the U.S. boosted confidence that demand for fuel will improve.