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President Bush says it is "vital" that Congress quickly confirm the changes he has made to his national security team. With new commanders and new policies in the works for Iraq, the White House seems to be clearing the decks at home as well, with a number of top-level personnel changes.

Detroit's Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick learned Monday whether he'd face perjury or other related charges. A county prosecutor has been investigating the mayor after the publication of racy text messages allegedly written between him and a former top aide.

The new film, set in l942 during the Japanese occupation of China, is about a dangerous affair between a young resistance fighter and a top Chinese collaborator. Lee, who won an Oscar for Brokeback Mountain, says this was much more difficult subject to tackle.

The unforgettable "Go See Cal" jingle turned Cal Worthington into one of the nation's top car dealers. At 88, he's still appearing in ads with his "dog" Spot and strategizing about how to give the foundering industry a boost.

The jackpot, which now ranks as the eighth-largest in U.S. lottery history, has been growing for more than three months, reflecting the long odds of 1 in 292.2 million of winning the top prize.

Among Trump tell-all authors, Stephanie Grisham stands out because in a White House where turnover was constant, she managed to remain there for almost all of Trump's presidency.

Study after study shows women seen as overweight or obese often earn less at the workplace, an unfair bias that's been hard to reverse. However, men don't seem to face that penalty.

Three-quarters say they want members of Congress to compromise with each other across the aisle, but 58% say they have no confidence they will, more than double the percent who said so in 2008.

The White House is positioning the president to the middle on crime in an effort to blunt attacks in next year's presidential election from Donald Trump and Republicans.

Set in 1960s New Orleans, A Confederacy of Dunces centers around Ignatius J. Reilly, a glutton in a city known for its cuisine. A new cookbook looks at the food central to the heralded comedic novel.

Swedish health officials in 2022 issued guidelines limiting the use of puberty blockers, hormones and mastectomies for minors to "exceptional cases." These are recommendations, not law.

Over 200 U.S. Army Rangers scaled the cliffs of Pointe du Hoc on D-Day to destroy German long-range guns stationed at the top. Less than half remained standing after two days of fighting.

The Senate confirmed former Trump lawyer Emil Bove as a federal appeals court judge as Republicans dismissed whistleblower complaints about his conduct at the Justice Department.

I’m not much for making resolutions on Jan. 1. It feels like a setup for failure. Of course, it’s great to set intentions to try to be a better you. But the old “I’ll lose ten pounds by February,” or “I won’t eat any sugar or drink any alcohol until April” just doesn’t work for me.

Less than one-third of the city's registered voters took part in Tuesday's primaries, according to the Pinellas Supervisor of Elections office.

Utah's Zion National Park draws 2.7 million visitors a year. A major attraction for hearty hikers is the uphill trek from the Virgin River along the Grotto trailhead to Angel's Landing. It's like reaching another world.

Walker topped a handful of rivals, according to a race call by The Associated Press. He will face Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock in November.

The first round of the NCAA tournament kicked off this week, and Gonzaga University's Bulldogs sit at the top of the rankings. Here's what's behind the school's name.

According to the Hollywood Diversity Report from UCLA, films with casts that were less than 11% minority did worse at the box office than their more diverse counterparts.

Former editor-in-chief of New Scientist magazine predicts that the killer whale will usurp the polar bear as the king of the Arctic by the year 2050.

Americans remember The Four Tops for "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)." But Italians may know it by a different name: "Piangono Gli Uomini." A new compilation spotlights the Italian, German, French and Spanish versions of classic R&B songs.

Italy's women are the top-ranked fencers in the world with the foil. But in a tense Olympic final on Thursday, the U.S. women prevailed for the gold medal.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions is set to appear before members of Congress amid a war of credibility between the administration and former FBI Director James Comey.

Led by nearly 2.6 million in Florida, 13.6 million Americans have enrolled for next year . A boost in subsidies marketing and assistance in navigating the process helped increased the rolls of the insured.

An NPR review of federal charges against people involved in the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot shows they were armed with a wide variety of weapons, contradicting a false claim that rioters were not armed.