Carl Hall shouldn't be at the Big Dance, and it has nothing to do with the Wichita State Shockers being the Cinderellas of this year's tournament.

Retired Cuban leader Fidel Castro has published his first column in nearly nine months, urging restraint on the Korean Peninsula.

The Food and Drug Administration must make emergency contraceptives available to girls of all ages within 30 days.

Two medium-range missiles have been loaded onto mobile launchers in North Korea and are ready to be launched

U.S. employers added just 88,000 jobs in March, the fewest in nine months and a sharp retreat after a period of strong hiring.

Film critic Roger Ebert died Thursday.

Saying he hopes it sets an example for the nation, Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy on Thursday signed what advocacy groups call the strongest and most comprehensive gun legislation in the nation.

Martin Cooper knew he had something special in his hands when he invited reporters to watch him make the first cell phone call on April 3, 1973, in New York City.

North Korea has moved a missile with "considerable range" to its east coast, South Korea's defense minister said Thursday, but he added that there are no signs that Pyongyang is preparing for a full-scale conflict.

Even as President Obama carries on a national push to enact tough new federal gun laws, state legislatures across the country are taking the matter into their own hands, swiftly passing a slew of new laws that - more often than not -- are actually relaxing regulations in the state.

One of two hikers missing since Easter Sunday in Southern California's Cleveland National Forest was found alive Wednesday night, but his companion remained missing, a sheriff's spokesman said.

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Disney may be shutting down LucasArts, the video game arm of the Lucas entertainment empire, laying off its staff and ceasing its development of two forthcoming "Star Wars" games.

The Pentagon says an Army civilian employee has died following a shooting incident in a parking lot at Fort Knox in Kentucky.

Police say a sheriff in West Virginia died after being shot Wednesday outside of a courthouse.

CBS affiliate WKRG is reporting that the Carnival Triumph cruise ship has broken loose from the port and has drifted across the river. A shipyard worker is also reported to be missing and is the subject of a search by Coast Guard officials.

The U.S. is deploying a ballistic missile defense system to Guam in the coming weeks, its latest response to daily threats and provocations from North Korea.

Rutgers fired basketball coach Mike Rice on Wednesday after a videotape aired showing him shoving, grabbing and throwing balls at players in practice and using gay slurs during practice.

Backers of a newly adopted ordinance requiring gun ownership in a small north Georgia town acknowledge they were largely seeking to make a point about gun rights.

President Obama heads to Denver Wednesday, forging ahead with his effort to get Congress to pass stricter gun control laws and will hold up Colorado as an example of what he wants to see lawmakers in Washington accomplish.

A new report from the Texas Department of Public Safety says the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas remains a dangerous threat.

The AAFA released its 2013 Spring Allergy Capitals report on Tuesday, listing the worst cities in the U.S. to live for people with allergies.

The so-called "NRA National School Shield Initiative" outlines eight recommendations it says would boost school security nationwide.

John Kerry addressed reporters in a dual press conference with his South Korean counterpart, Yun Byung-se, in Washington after the two discussed the escalating tensions and near daily warlike threats.

An app funded by New York City's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene offers free information on where to get condoms and other birth control and where to find free pregnancy, HIV and STD testing.