Ken Stanford

Two Ukrainian helicopters were shot down Friday as Ukraine launched its first major offensive against the pro-Russia forces that have seized government buildings in the east. The Kremlin said Kiev's move against the insurgents "destroyed" hopes for peace in the region.

U.S. employers added a robust 288,000 jobs in April, the most in two years, evidence that the economy is picking up after a brutal winter slowed growth.

U.S. car buyers came out of hibernation in April to spend on pickup trucks and SUVs, fueling an auto sales rebound that analysts expect to last the rest of the year.

Fifty-five colleges and universities - big and small, public and private - are being investigated over their handling of sexual abuse complaints under Title IX, the Education Department revealed Thursday.

The group that oversees Georgia's technical colleges has approved of increasing tuition beginning in fall of 2014.

The botched execution of an Oklahoma inmate is certain to fire up the debate over what constitutes cruel and unusual punishment - the phrase written into the U.S. Constitution and defined by the courts, piece by piece, over two centuries.