Ken Stanford

The stock market is closing higher as talks continue in Washington over ending a budget impasse that has partially shut down the government and threatened the U.S. with default.

Republican Rep. Phil Gingrey will report $2.5 million in cash on hand as he campaigns for Georgia's open U.S. Senate seat.

U.S. Rep. Sanford Bishop says he has begun chemotherapy after being diagnosed with throat cancer.

The partial government shutdown has left high-skilled immigrant workers and the companies that employ them in limbo.

A record-breaking storm that dumped 4 feet of snow in parts of western South Dakota last weekend left ranchers dealing with heavy losses, in some cases perhaps up to half their herds, as they assess how many of their cattle died during the unseasonably early blizzard.

House Republicans are offering to pass legislation to avert a default and end the 11-day partial government shutdown as part of a framework that would include cuts in benefit programs, officials said Friday.