The Martin Luther King Jr. hospital is entering a public-private partnership for more cost-effective operations.

The Department of Homeland Security has had to stop deploying new detectors because the U.S. has run out of a crucial raw material, experts say.

Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy said he was instructed to refrain from communion because of his stance on abortion.

The plan will enlist companies and nonprofits, including “Sesame Street,” to spend money and time to encourage students to pursue science, technology, engineering and math.

Two centrist senators, Ben Nelson and Joseph I. Lieberman, said that they were opposed to the bill as it is currently written.

Anxious about how little maneuvering room the weekend victory on health care provided, Democrats are stepping up overtures to two moderate Republican senators from Maine.

Investment funds are buying mortgages, trimming some of them to the benefit of homeowners, and shifting any risk to the federal government.

On her book tour, Sarah Palin has skipped the big cities authors usually visit in favor of smaller places where she and Senator John McCain performed well in 2008.

In advance of next year’s re-election bid, Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas sided with fellow Democrats for one vote, but was cautious about the overall bill.

Prosecutors asked an Italian court to hand down life sentences to an American student and her former boyfriend for their alleged roles in a fatal stabbing.

The Senate voted 60 to 39 on Saturday night to begin full debate on major health care legislation, propelling the bill over a crucial, preliminary hurdle.

Which is safer: technology that disables a cellphone in a moving car, or that makes the conversation completely hands-free?

Several Bay Area doctors who recommend medical marijuana for patients say their client base includes teenagers with psychiatric conditions including A.D.H.D.

Even popular bills and generally acceptable nominees have had to traverse a procedural thicket.

The conservative firebrand Glenn Beck is planning voter registration drives and rallies, but he is cautious about how he might directly support particular candidates.

A defendant plans to admit his role in planning the terrorist attacks, and use his trial to voice his beliefs, his lawyer says.

Mr. Graff, a leading environmentalist, championed the idea of offering financial incentives for environmentally friendly behavior.

Jennifer Hero’s life will always be divided — before the flood and after — even after her relocation to Park Slope, Brooklyn.

One in five Americans needed help paying for basic needs, according to a 2005 census survey.

An August riot at a central Kentucky prison was caused by inmates reacting to a partial lockdown and to planned restrictions on their movement, investigators said Friday.