The summer will provide no reprieve from campaign ads. About $25 million from the Obama campaign will air throughout the battleground states in July, according to a Republican ad buying source.

Fire-plagued Western states should brace for more in the future, so says the study from the University of California at Berkeley. Weather is a big factor, though a combination of factors can also be cited.

A former Catholic priest in Waterford, Connecticut, has been charged with possession of child pornography, according to a statement Tuesday from Waterford police.

The first ever over-the-counter rapid HIV test, which goes by the name OraQuick, has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

If you look at the images of destruction from Colorado, it's not hard to see why officials have called the Waldo Canyon Fire the most destructive in state history. Last week, it was like a monster roaring down a mountainside, swallowing houses whole.

Judge found the pilot had committed the offense of interfering with a flight crew during a flight on March 27th. She judged him not guilty by reason of insanity; he was taken to a low-security prison.

Projection for Independence Day holiday travel is tying a record for the highest auto travel volume in the past decade. Local AAA offices are busy Tuesday, making last minute plans for customers.

Reince Priebus, the Republican National Committee chairman, said in a Tuesday interview that he would not abandon GOP Rep. Allen West, who said on Sunday that President Barack Obama wanted Americans to be "slaves."

The family of a former Marine fatally shot by police inside his White Plains, New York, apartment filed a $21 million federal lawsuit Monday morning.

Vice President Joe Biden said teachers "are under full blown assault" by Mitt Romney and "his allies in Congress" Tuesday. In response, the Romney campaign said the vice president was touting "failed" policies in his remarks.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, while not saying he would definitely accept a spot on Mitt Romney's Republican presidential ticket, did say Tuesday he would give such an offer due consideration.

It was 2002, and things weren't going well for Mitt Romney, then a candidate for Massachusetts governor.

Although most Americans think that the economy is currently in poor shape, economic optimism has skyrocketed since last fall, according to a new national poll.

Israel's prime minister on Tuesday moved to contain the first major crisis in his newly expanded coalition government after his most significant partner threatened to quit in a dispute over how to overhaul the country's military draft.

The Obama administration said Tuesday that Pakistan was reopening its supply lines into Afghanistan, after the U.S. belatedly issued an apology for the November killing of 24 Pakistani troops in a NATO airstrike.

At the start of a big week for the Higgs boson, the most sought-after particle in all of physics, scientists in Illinois said Monday that they had crept closer to proving that the particle exists but had been unable to reach a definitive conclusion.

Former U.S. Commerce Secretary John Bryson will not face charges stemming from two automobile collisions last month, the Los Angeles district attorney's office announced Tuesday, citing insufficient evidence.

Break out the balloons and streamers: Justin Bieber is officially a high school graduate.

A JetBlue pilot arrested after an apparent meltdown aboard a March flight has been found not guilty by reason of insanity.

A special agent with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations unit was shot and wounded early Tuesday while on surveillance in a criminal investigation in northern Hidalgo County, Texas, officials said.

The leader of Mexico's leftist Party of the Democratic Revolution, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, announced Tuesday that he has asked Mexico's Federal Election Institute for a recount of the ballots cast in Sunday's presidential election.

The first ever over-the-counter rapid HIV test has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

If you want a glimpse of some of the worst of global warming, scientists suggest taking a look at U.S. weather in recent weeks.

Owning a cat might increase a woman's risk for attempting suicide, new research suggests.

It's been said that when he was younger, Andy Griffith had aspirations to become an opera singer, but fans of "The Andy Griffith Show" and "Matlock" are undoubtedly happy that he wound up pursuing acting.