TUCSON, Ariz. - As doctors Tuesday gave their most optimistic assessment yet for critically wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, the parents of the accused gunman in Saturday's mass shooting broke their silence, expressing deep sorrow for ...

From the cloud of suspicion and doubt hanging over Auburn's Cam Newton to Oregon's gaudy uniforms with fluorescent green socks, the Bowl Championship Series title game felt as much like a circus as it did a football game.

USA TODAY, The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting and PBS NewsHour are exploring life in Haiti a year after the devastating earthquake.

An employee counts Euro notes at the Bank of Taiwan head office in Taipei May 10, 2010. By Hideyuki Sano TOKYO (Reuters) - The euro made thin gains on Wednesday, extending this week's rebound but with limited ability to rise much as caution gripped the ...

Ted Williams, the Ohio homeless man who last week wowed the world with his smooth radio voice, and his daughter were detained by the Los Angeles Police Department Monday night after police responded to a disturbance call at a ...

By Gerald Herbert, AP By Dan Vergano and Wendy Koch, USA TODAY A presidential panel pilloried the oil industry, Congress and federal government Tuesday, calling for "dramatic steps" to avert another Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster.

• Adam Rittenberg, espn.com: “Brady Hoke will face a different set of challenges at Michigan than his predecessor did. Unlike Rich Rodriguez, Hoke won't have to worry about showing everyone how much he loves Michigan and all of its history and ...

After months of radiation and chemotherapy for late-stage throat cancer, actor Michael Douglas is tumor-free, he told NBC's Today Show viewers this morning.

BEIJING (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Robert Gates played down the possibility of a rift between China's civilian leadership and its military.

The thorniest problem in economic relations between the United States and China is getting worse, just as the world's two biggest economies prepare for a summit next week in Washington.

On the new season of “American Idol,” host Ryan Seacrest (from left) will appear with new judges Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler, along with judging veteran Randy Jackson.

RALEIGH, NC - The sprawling Wake County School District has long been a rarity. Some of its best, most diverse schools are in the poorest sections of this capital city.

AP SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea is criticizing South Korea for pushing to strengthen defense ties with Japan, calling the cooperation a dangerous plot to invade the North.

Like a defeated boxer itching for a comeback, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg pledged his administration would use the lessons learned from its poor handling of the post-Christmas blizzard to respond to ...

'It's going to stick, but it doesn't have that little pixie dust that makes a really magical Britney song,' one expert says.

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - The herpes zoster vaccine could prevent tens of thousands of cases of shingles each year if it was offered to everyone who is eligible, with vaccinated adults half as likely to develop shingles, a study said.

LA County judge revokes Conrad Murray's medical license and orders him to stand trial. Prosecution witnesses say it's possible that the pop star administered the fatal dose of propofol himself.

With its alternative WebM video-encoding technology now entering the marketplace, Google announced plans today to remove built-in Chrome support for a widely used rival codec called H.264 favored by Apple and Microsoft.