The 14-year-old Massachussetts student accused of robbing, raping and killing his math teacher in October pleaded not guilty during his arraignment Wednesday and was ordered held without bail.

Philip D. Chism is being tried as an adult for first-...

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama worked Wednesday to focus attention -- again -- on the growing income disparity between rich and poor that he says is a top problem for the country but which persists five years into his presidency.

Obama ...

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Readers may assume that. But changes in the media and the way people get their news drove the federal agency Wednesday to weigh the issue of disclosure about Internet ...

WASHINGTON -- The official federal poverty rate measures pretax income -- period. It doesn't consider government benefits such as food stamps, nor does it factor in the costs of housing, taxes and child care, all of which vary greatly across ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- A frantic rescue operation has begun along a remote beach at Everglades National Park, where 51 whales have become trapped in the shallows and 10 have died.

Shortfin pilot whales, the species most commonly involved in ...

WASHINGTON -- Congressional budget negotiators are zeroing in on a modest deal to keep the federal government operating while easing the grip of the mandatory automatic spending cuts known as sequestration.

With the clock ticking toward a Dec. 13...