After weeks of training, members of the Texas National Guard 72nd Brigade are home for Thanksgiving before shipping out to Iraq for nine months.

Steve Harvey makes Chicago laugh on his morning radio show. Now he's making them smile by doing some good this holiday.

A 30-year-old reported Iraq War veteran is charged with attempted murder after he allegedly led police on a high-speed chase on and off the Beltway in Maryland on Saturday. Three people, including two state troopers, were injured.

Thousands of students at California's top public universities staged demonstrations against a 32 percent rise in tuition fees prompted in part by the state's budget crisis during the recession.

Plans for a sweeping overhaul of the U.S. healthcare system narrowly clear their first hurdle.

The US Senate began a session on healthcare reform on Saturday (November 21), as it prepares to vote on whether to proceed with debate on the bill.

The US Senate began a session on healthcare reform on Saturday (November 21), as it prepares to vote on whether to proceed with debate on the bill.

Ultra-Orthodox Jews clash with Israeli police against Intel's electronic chip plant operations during the Jewish resting day.

The long and bitter debate over healthcare reform faces a crucial test in the Senate Saturday night when the the $849 billion bill faces its first key procedural hurdle.

In the United States, the Congress debated lifting the five-decade long travel embargo for American citizens to Cuba.

Progress toward tighter U.S. financial regulation faltered in the U.S. Congress as a House committee postponed a pivotal vote and Republicans on a key committee aired stubborn opposition, with one calling for Geithner to step down.

U.S. health officials distance themselves from controversial new guidelines for mammograms.

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates says some provinces could be handed over to Afghan forces "relatively soon."

54 unsold luxury condo units will be auctioned off to the highest bidder, offering New Yorkers a rare chance at a discount on real estate.

Launching a media blitz for her book release, Sarah Palin greets hundreds of fans in Michigan

Republican U.S. Senator Judd Gregg on Wednesday criticized the Democrats' plan to impose sweeping curbs on the Federal Reserve.

Two new public opinion polls show the faltering U.S. economy seems to be taking its toll on President Barack Obama's approval rating.

Hillary Clinton makes her first trip to Afghanistan as Secretary of State to attend President Hamid Karzai's inauguration.

New breast cancer screening guidelines in the U.S. suggest women under 50 years should not have routine mammograms.

Two new public opinion polls show the faltering U.S. economy seems to be taking its toll on President Barack Obama's approval rating.

Attorney General Eric Holder defended his decision to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in a federal criminal court in New York City rather than by military commission.

A virtually empty prison in Thomson, Illinois could be the next possible location to house foreign terrorism suspects moved from the Guantanamo Bay prison.

Prisoners are paired with puppies in a ground-breaking program to train service dogs for injured war veterans.

The U.S. space shuttle Atlantis blasted off from Florida carrying six astronauts on a mission to deliver spare parts to the International Space Station.

Looking more like a flock of birds flying south for the winter -- a team of skydivers break a new record for wing-suit formation skydiving.