Heavy thunderstorms and possible flooding are likely today and much of the week as Tropical Storm Hermine marches north through the region, dumping up to 10 inches of rain in the hardest-hit areas.

Powered by high winds, a raging wildfire is ripping through a Colorado canyon, forcing the evacuation of 1000 homes, including those of firefighters who are actively fighting the blaze.

Speaking at a Labor Day event in Milwaukee, Wis., President Barack Obama unveiled a new stimulus package designed to jump-start the economy before the November elections, as polls show Democrats lagging.

Washington (CNN) -- Republicans have a slight edge over Democrats on the economy, according to a new national poll. A CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Tuesday indicates that 46 percent of Americans say that Republicans in Congress would ...

Jefferson Thomas, one of the "Little Rock Nine" who provoked a major civil rights battle when they integrated Arkansas' largest public high school in 1957 over the opposition of Gov.

The National Weather Service has issued a fire weather watch for Monmouth and Ocean counties for Wednesday. There is an elevated risk of fire danger this afternoon but the greater fire danger will be between 2 and 7 pm Wednesday.

The San Francisco Fire Department helps Dan Goodwin, aka SpiderDan, as he hangs an American flag at the top of the Millennium Tower on Mission Street on Monday.

NEW YORK - An imam who has become the public face of a proposed Islamic community center and mosque near ground zero has returned to the United States following a taxpayer-funded tour of the Middle East, his wife said Monday.

WILMINGTON, Del. -- Thanks to the tea party, Rep. Mike Castle's once smooth path to Delaware's Republican Senate nomination suddenly has become less predictable - and is providing a fresh reason for already staggering moderate ...

Fort Stewart, GA, United States (AHN) - The Army is working with the FBI on its investigation of a former soldier's hostage-taking of three workers in a military hospital at Fort Stewart.

A woman waits outside a beauty salon with a "Help Wanted" sign in East Los Angeles. A better-than-expected report on employment Friday was the latest piece of improving news on the economy.

About 48 hours after a fatal shooting in Malden shortly after midnight Saturday, Malden police responded to what appeared to be a shootout that left another man dead and two injured early this ...

Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman was leading a triumphant rally at the state GOP convention last month when she announced that New Yorkers were excited about the California governor's race.

LOS ANGELES - A protest over the fatal police shooting of a Guatemalan immigrant turned violent when some demonstrators threw bottles at officers, set trash cans on fire and refused to disperse.

Mayor Adrian M. Fenty and DC Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray are battling for votes in the city's Democratic primary on Sept.

Alaska candidates for US Senate spent Labor Day weekend meeting voters and trading insults in what's promising to be a point-blank battle as each paints himself as the sensible alternative to the other guy's radical views or failed ...

Rand Paul's huge lead in the new SurveyUSA poll suggests that concerns about his Libertarian views aren't really sticking in Kentucky.

Glenn Beck has outwitted the mainstream media and is speaking directly to the American people. What will happen when he invades Barack Obama's home turf, Chicago?