Tropical storm watches or warnings were posted Friday from Georgia to New Jersey, and forecasters said Hanna could still become a hurricane before its expected arrival on U.S. shores.

Wall Street plunged Thursday, sending the Dow Jones industrials down more than 340 points as retailers and the Labor Department added to the mountain of dismal economic news that has all but dashed investors' ...

By Jon Herskovitz and Kim JunghyunSEOUL - South Korea's chief nuclear envoy on Friday pressed North Korea to halt plans to rebuild a mothballed nuclear plant that makes arms-grade plutonium and instead return ...

Some Southeastern states declared emergencies and officials urged residents to head inland Thursday as Tropical Storm Hanna headed toward the Atlantic coast, where it could bring high winds and rain from South ...

Thai police warned students Friday to avoid street protests after a gunman shot and wounded two students demonstrating against the embattled prime minister, raising new fears of violence in the country's tense ...

Two-thirds of a century ago, Kathleen Wyman drove her brother to California to join the Navy.

The nation's unemployment rate zoomed to a five-year high of 6.1 percent in August as employers slashed 84,000 jobs, dramatic proof of the mounting damage a deeply troubled economy is inflicting on workers and ...

Floodwaters frustrated efforts by Argentine peacekeepers to distribute food at orphanages marooned by tropical storm Hanna yesterday.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy greeting a pupil as France's Foreign Affairs Minister Bernard Kouchner look on during the inauguration of the Charles de Gaulle school in Damascus, yesterday.

The mother of a missing Florida toddler is getting out of jail again. Orange County officials confirmed that Casey Anthony has posted $500,000 bond for the second time and should leave jail by Friday morning.