Ken Stanford

Federal health officials have designated 35 hospitals across the country as Ebola treatment centers.

Energy and health-care companies led major stock indexes higher on Tuesday, even as crude oil resumed its slide.

Dramatic U.S. government test results raise new concern that bulk shipments of rechargeable lithium batteries carried as cargo on passenger planes are susceptible to fires or explosions that could destroy the airliners.

Police are investigating Michael Brown's stepfather for angry comments made to a Ferguson crowd after a grand jury decided not to indict the police officer who fatally shot his stepson.

The U.S. Supreme Court has appointed Maine attorney Ralph Lancaster Special Master in the dispute between Georgia and Florida over water in Lake Lanier and elsewhere in Georgia.

The Republican-led House may vote this week to undo President Barack Obama's executive actions on immigration, House Speaker John Boehner told lawmakers Tuesday as he sought to give outraged conservatives an outlet to vent over Obama's move without shutting down the government.

A Pacific storm moved into drought-stricken California on Tuesday, bringing hopes for much-needed moisture but fears of mudflows on wildfire-scarred hillsides.

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