Ken Stanford

Campaigning by bus through swing state Ohio, President Barack Obama cast his re-election bid as a bet on the American worker Thursday, even as he braced for a Friday unemployment report that will help set battle lines for the hot summer to come.

The number of Mexican nationals seeking asylum in Georgia has increased since the state passed a law cracking down on illegal immigrants, according to a report Thursday by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

The temperatures in Casimir Brandon's basement bedroom were so stifling that the exhausted 56-year-old Madison man began riding city buses in the morning, from one end of the line to the other, so he could grab a few hours of air-conditioned sleep.

Fewer U.S. banks are failing than at any time since the financial crisis erupted in 2008.

The outlook for the U.S. job market brightened a little Thursday after the government said fewer people applied for unemployment benefits last week and surveys of private companies showed hiring increased in June.

The Pentagon says an attack in eastern Afghanistan that wounded several American soldiers appears to have been perpetrated by an Afghan soldier.

The neighborhood watch volunteer who killed Trayvon Martin can be released from jail on $1 million bond while he awaits trial on a second-degree murder charge, a judge ruled Thursday.

Available this summer on select dates, the Crawford Long Museum and Shields Ethridge Heritage Farm offer a combined tour day on Thursdays for groups to more closely discover these Jackson County "gems."

Police have identified the three children who died after yacht capsized on the Fourth of July off New York's Long Island.

Mitt Romney's wife has disclosed a tantalizing detail about her husband's intensely secret vice presidential search: He's considering choosing a woman.