Xi, Obama Look to Strike Up Relationship at SummitPresident Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping face weighty issues when they meet at a private estate in California next week, but their most important task may simply be establishing a strong rapport.
AP Sources: Obama to Name Ex-Bush Aide to Head FBIPresident Barack Obama is prepared to nominate James Comey, a former Bush administration official with bipartisan credentials, as the next FBI director.
U.S. Economy Growing SlowlyThe U.S. economy grew at a modest 2.4 percent annual rate from January through March, slightly slower than initially estimated.
Economic Gains Lift U.S. Confidence to a 5-Year HighHome prices are surging. Job growth is strengthening. And stocks are setting record highs. All of which explains why Americans are more hopeful about the economy than at any other point in five years.
Mothers Now Top Earners in 4 in 10 U.S. HouseholdsA record number of American women are now the sole or primary breadwinners in their families, a sign of the rising influence of working mothers, a new study finds.
U.S. Gun Debate Overlooks Daily ViolenceOften lost in America's divisive gun control politics are the stories of people whose urban communities suffer the most from shootings every day.
Tax Overhaul: IRS Scandal Could Lead to ChangesThe Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative political groups has little if anything to do with most everyday taxpayers, but some lawmakers are hoping attention to the budding scandal will swell public and political support for rewriting and simplifying a …
Feds Investigate Md. Train Derailment, ExplosionFederal investigators planned to spend the coming days piecing together what caused a chemical-carrying CSX train to collide with a garbage truck, derail and explode at a rail crossing in suburban Baltimore.
Miss. Unveils Marker for 1963 Civil Rights Sit-InMississippi on Tuesday unveiled a historical marker commemorating the sit-in that took place 50 years earlier at a segregated lunch counter in downtown Jackson.
Passengers Returning to U.S. After Cruise Ship FireFor the second time this year, a fire at sea has aborted a cruise ship's voyage. This time, aboard Royal Caribbean's Grandeur of the Seas and the ship's 2,200 passengers were expected back in Baltimore on Tuesday after being flown …
Much of Red Cross Fund for Sandy Aid Still UnspentSeven months after Superstorm Sandy, the Red Cross still hasn't spent more than a third of the $303 million it raised to assist victims of the storm, a strategy the organization says will help address needs that weren't immediately apparent …
Suu Kyi Opposes 2-Child :Limit for Myanmar MinorityOpposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and Islamic leaders expressed dismay over decisions by authorities in western Myanmar to restore a two-child limit on a Muslim minority group, a policy that does not apply to Buddhists and follows accusations of …
Officials: Gunman in Texas Rampage was MarineA man suspected in a West Texas shooting rampage that left one woman dead and five others wounded was a Marine who was wanted for questioning in a slaying in North Carolina, officials said Monday.