Ken Stanford

As Congress considers whether to grant trials and transfers to most terrorist detainees arrested in the wake of 9/11, time may be running out on the law that allows the U.S. to hold them.

Eager to draw contrasts with Republicans, the White House is pushing its economic agenda as it attempts to give Democrats something to talk about other than the troubled health care rollout.

Governor Nathan Deal has appointed state Department of Juvenile Justice Commissioner Avery Niles of Gainesville to the nominating committee for the selection of Georgia's next head of the Office of the Child Advocate.

A scandal in which 6,000 child-abuse complaints in Arizona were filed away and never investigated illustrated what advocates say is a tragically common problem across the U.S.: Many child-protection agencies have crushing workloads and inadequate oversight.

Fears of gunfire, false alarms and a real auto accident brought minutes of chaos and hours of delays to Los Angeles International Airport, where frayed nerves remained three weeks after a gunman killed one person and injured three others.

The West faced more stormy weather Saturday after a powerful system buffeted several states, stranding drivers in Nevada, forcing the postponement of sports games in Arizona, causing water rescues in California, and leading to the deaths of four people.