6 hours ago - By Associated Press
A Washington state man has been sentenced to more than 13 years in prison in the fatal shooting of his 6-year-old daughter.
9 hours ago - By Associated Press
Court officials say a Birmingham woman who changed her name to Jesus Christ didn't live up to it when she reported for jury duty this week. The woman, previously named Dorothy Lola Killingworth, was sent to Judge Clyde Jones's courtroom for a criminal case Monday.
5 hours ago - By Don Thompson, Associated Press Writer
California's insurance commissioner said Tuesday he will push insurance companies doing business in California to divest up to $12 billion in indirect investments in Iran's defense, nuclear, energy and banking industries.
6 hours ago - By Mary Pemberton, Associated Press Writer
Nearly 2 million acres of water off Alaska's largest and busiest city were proposed Tuesday as critical habitat for beluga whales, raising concerns that the effort to save the whales will scuttle development.
7 hours ago - By Associated Press
A former Army nurse who admitted infecting patients with hepatitis C while stealing powerful painkillers from them has been sentenced to more than three years in federal prison.
7 hours ago - By Erik Schelzig, Associated Press Writer
U.S. Rep. John Tanner, a Tennessee Democrat and co-founder of the conservative Blue Dog coalition, announced Tuesday he will retire next year after 11 terms in Congress.

7 hours ago - By Angela K. Brown, Associated Press Writer
The military plans a mental evaluation to determine whether the Army psychiatrist charged with killing 13 people at Fort Hood knew his alleged actions were wrong and whether he's competent to stand trial, his civilian attorney said Tuesday.

13 hours ago - By Tom Krisher, Associated Press Writers
The leader of the new General Motors was done in by an old problem at the nation's largest car maker: Change wasn't happening fast enough.

13 hours ago - By Anne Flaherty, Associated Press Writers
Democrats are complaining about President Barack Obama's escalation of the war in Afghanistan and Republicans are unhappy with his promise to withdraw troops in 18 months, but Congress appears willing to approve the buildup's $30 billion price tag.

8 hours ago - By Kevin Maurer, Associated Press Writers
Battle-weary troops and their families braced for a wrenching round of new deployments to Afghanistan, but many said they support the surge announced Tuesday as long as it helps to end the 8-year-old conflict.
9 hours ago - By Associated Press
President Barack Obama is vowing that the U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan will not turn into another Vietnam.
9 hours ago - By Associated Press
President Barack Obama says he wants a tight timeframe for the escalation of U.S. forces in Afghanistan and their eventual drawdown.
9 hours ago - By Associated Press
President Barack Obama says his three-month review of Afghan war strategy has not delayed the deployment of additional U.S. forces.
9 hours ago - By Associated Press
President Barack Obama says the United States' strategy for Afghanistan must include a policy for its neighbor Pakistan.
9 hours ago - By Associated Press
President Barack Obama says the core U.S. goal in Afghanistan remains the defeat of al-Qaida's terror network.

13 hours ago - By Steven R. Hurst, Associated Press Writers
Declaring "our security is at stake," President Barack Obama ordered an additional 30,000 U.S. troops into the long war in Afghanistan on Tuesday night, but balanced the buildup with a pledge to an impatient nation to begin withdrawing American forces in 18 months.
10 hours ago - By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press Writer
Citing a long wait for trial, lawyers for a Guantanamo detainee have asked a judge to dismiss charges against him in the deadly 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa.