Government safety regulators announced the largest crib recall in U.S. history after four children suffocated.

A piece once owned by Alfred Russel Wallace will be on display at the American Museum of Natural History.

In honoring Zimbabwe’s tenacious women protesters at the White House on Monday, President Obama bluntly referred to Zimbabwe’s president as a dictator.

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.

President Obama returned from Asia facing two polls showing an approval rating below 50 percent for the first time.

Government safety regulators announced the largest crib recall in U.S. history after four young children suffocated.

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.

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.

Many sewer systems are overwhelmed, spilling excrement, medical waste and chemicals into waterways.

Gov. Mark Sanford of South Carolina faces charges that he broke state laws more than three dozen times.

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.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force thought its review of breast cancer recommendations would be a straightforward job, but the response to its guidelines was swift and angry.

The ultralow interest rates the U.S. has been paying on its colossal debt may not last much longer, and the White House estimates that the tab will exceed $700 billion a year in 2019.

The United States will propose an emissions reduction target at a U.N. climate change summit in Copenhagen, a senior administration official said.

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is drawing criticism for receiving Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in his first state visit to Brazil.

As an ethics investigation continues, Representative Charles B. Rangel’s once-considerable clout has diminished, and signs of stress are starting to show.

Representative 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.

A primer on the military utility of some of the force options before President Obama to bolster the 68,000 American troops already in Afghanistan.

Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani’s case in Manhattan could be important in a future trial of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, accused of planning 9/11.