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.

The Army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people at the Fort Hood army base earlier this month will not be moved immediately to a military prison for pretrial detention.

After years of development, the city has come to exemplify a deep, national ambivalence about the building boom’s lasting impact.

Companies that were once content to fight in store aisles and on commercials are choosing a different route — formal grievances challenging their competitors’ claims.

The profile that has emerged of David Headley, a U.S. citizen accused of plotting revenge against a Danish newspaper, suggests a man pulled between two cultures.

A fight of galactic proportions over health care looms. Here’s a playbook for aficionados of legislative war games.

Sarah Palin brings a big question into focus for Republican leaders: Should they hitch themselves to the powerful but volatile strain of populism she embodies?

Bensenville, the suburban enclave near O’Hare International Airport, has made peace with airport expansion; cabbies, however, haven’t embraced credit cards.

A year after the Chicago Police Department cracked down on gangs, its efforts crashed into reality when a 17-year-old was shot and killed in front of a memorial for a slain friend.

The senior adviser to President Obama maintains a rumpled modesty and his Chicago roots, despite doing the world’s business.

Coach Lovie Smith’s stoicism once was firm, quiet leadership when the Bears were winning, but now it smacks of cluelessness.

Damian Cooksey, the owner of Bridges Rock Gym in El Cerrito, enjoys slacklining, which resembles tightrope walking, on the east peak of Mount Tamalpais.

More people have sought out chant at Zen meditation centers, Buddhist retreats, plainsong-infused candlelit church services, and yoga studios, and it is also growing as an artistic pursuit.

Jim Wunderman is largely responsible for the fact that Californians are increasingly talking about changing the way the state elects its politicians and manages its finances.

The Senate hopes to spend December debating the health care bill, but time is running out on other difficult and significant issues that must be resolved by the end of the year.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said flu activity was declining in all regions of the country.

The Pentagon is considering providing more planes for flight tests to try to reduce the possibility of large cost overruns over the next several years.

Test prep companies are catering to a new demographic: 3- and 4-year-olds.

A variety of economists say that stimulus legislation is helping the economy to grow again.

Private messages hacked from a British university are causing a stir among global warming skeptics.