After some painful losses — the 2004 election, Ted Kennedy’s death — Senator John Kerry is in a position of influence again.

President Obama said he would tell the American people about “a comprehensive strategy” next week.

The New York senator said he might ask Commissioner David Stern to intervene to try and keep production of much of the league’s official jerseys in the United States.

Lawyers and court officials say that medical debt is leading to more bankruptcies.

At their first State Dinner, President Obama and his wife, Michelle, made sure to infuse the glittering gala with distinctive touches.

A group of South Carolina lawmakers is weighing whether a series of ethics charges and performance issues were grave enough to warrant Gov. Mark Sanford’s removal from office.

With proposals to reduce emissions tied to climate change stalled in Congress, a state works on its own cap-and-trade plan.

The 50-foot tree, a sliver compared with displays of Christmases past, is saving the city about $175,000.

The Department of Defense has identified 4,356 American service members who have died since the start of the Iraq war.

As President Obama rolls out his plan, he will be adjusting his approach for multiple audiences: voters, allies, and the extremists who are the enemy.

As an execution team tried to find a vein during an effort at lethal injection, prison staff members sought help from a doctor — a move generally discouraged by ethical and professional medical rules.

A Minnesota man has pleaded not guilty to terror-related charges in connection with the disappearances of as many as 20 young men who left the Twin Cities to fight with terrorists in Somalia.

A judge says two owners of a Chicago nightclub where 21 people were killed in a stampede down a stairwell six years ago must go to prison.

A former condominium owner who accused Southern Methodist University of forcing him from his home to make way for George W. Bush’s presidential library has reached a settlement with the university.

A former Justice Department lawyer was spared a jail sentence for his role in the influence-peddling case surrounding the convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff.

A grand jury in Philadelphia indicted four men in connection with a plot to support Hezbollah through schemes like buying machine guns.

Phillip Carter resigned last Friday because of “personal issues,” a Pentagon official said.

President Obama reiterated the American position on Iran’s nuclear program a day before Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, visited Brazil.

Mr. Roosevelt, a Brooklyn banker and “liberal Republican,” had been studying a challenge to Senator Kirsten E. Gillibrand, a Democrat.

A spokesman for the former anchor Lou Dobbs said he may run against Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey.