Ken Stanford

A tornado struck a workers camp in North Dakota's oil patch on Monday, injuring nine people - one critically - and destroying at least eight trailers where workers had been living, an emergency management official said.

Congress is stepping up pressure on the White House to confront Russia over allegations that it is cheating on a key nuclear arms treaty - a faceoff that could further strain U.S.-Moscow relations and dampen President Barack Obama's hopes to add deeper cuts in nuclear arsenals to his legacy.

Prime Pak Foods of Gainesville is recalling approximately 23,250 pounds of fully cooked breaded chicken breast and tender products due to misbranding and undeclared allergens, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture

The wild hikes in health insurance rates that blindsided many Americans in recent years may become less frequent because of the health care overhaul.

In an embarrassing flub, the Obama administration accidentally revealed the name of the CIA's top official in Afghanistan in an email to thousands of journalists during the president's surprise Memorial Day weekend trip to Bagram Air Field.

A group of mothers whose children died in combat were honored during a Memorial Day ceremony at a suburban Atlanta veterans' cemetery.

Absentee ballots will be available by mail for the July 22 primary runoffs Hall County beginning June 7.

Nuclear power plants across the United States are building or expanding storage facilities to hold their spent fuel - radioactive waste that by now was supposed to be on its way to a national dump.

President Barack Obama is leading the nation in remembering its war heroes, the fallen and those still defending the flag, in a Memorial Day tribute.

From California to Rhode Island, states are confronting new concerns that their Medicaid costs will rise as a result of the federal health care law.