NJ Gov. Chris Christie said he decided to undergo gastric band surgery for his family and for his "long-term health" - not for career purposes.

The hip-hop culture that in the 1990s lost its brightest stars to gun violence has in recent years seen a series of notable rappers die of drug- and health-related causes.

Authorities arrested three brothers following the discovery of three women who'd been abducted a decade ago.

Emporia is another step closer to the addition of a national memorial to fallen educators.

A woman says she was forced to pay spousal support to her ex-husband who was convicted of raping her daughter.

A South Carolina high school teacher removed from the classroom when he stomped on an American flag while discussing freedom is being paid $85,000 to avoid a legal challenge

Cleveland police say 3 women who were abducted years ago were found alive.

New research finds kids whose parents "cleaned" their child's pacifier by sucking it were less likely to develop asthma, eczema and food allergies when compared to kids whose parents opted to avoid the not-so-pleasant-sounding cleaning method.

Since his failed run for the White House, Al Gore has leveraged his connections to make investments in technology and media that paid off.

Robel Phillipos, 19, was charged last week with lying to investigators about visiting Tsarnaev's college dorm room after the bombings.

The movement of missiles away from the launch site coincides with the end of U.S.-South Korea exercises and the beginning of the spring planting season in the North.

A Texas group run by a self-described anarchist has posted what appears to be the first video of the live firing of a handgun created with a 3-D printer.

Family members of a Utah soccer referee who died a week after a player punched him in the head called on athletes around the world Sunday night to hold their tempers in check so another family doesn't have to suffer.

California fire threatens 4,000 homes, 300 commercial buildings and 50 outbuildings; it crossed the Pacific Coast Highway but causes scant damage to naval base. Experts say the wildfires have scorched about 30,000 acres this week.

The crew of the U.S. Air Force KC-135 tanker aircraft is assigned to the transit center there. The crash took place in a mountainous region. The United States says the "status of the crew is unknown."

The United States remains committed to reducing the demand for drugs, he says.. "I see a Mexico that is taking its rightful place in the world," the President told Mexico's leaders Friday.

If you or a loved one needs help, please call the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or visit Suicidepreventionlifeline.org.

The S&P 500 gained 16 points to close at a new high of 1,614, busting through the 1,600 level for the first time. The Dow Jones industrial average finished at 14,973, a gain of 142 points.

Homeland Security issued an order one day after the Obama administration acknowledged that a student from Kazakhstan accused of hiding evidence for one of the Boston bombing suspects was allowed to return to the U.S. in January without a valid student visa.

Firefighters struggle to contain massive, wind-whipped blaze threatening thousands of Southern Calif. homes

A teenage boy who used an iPad to arrange a meeting with a prostitute ended up with a different experience than he'd intended.

Hillary Clinton has not said whether she will run for president in 2016.

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW)__One man is recovering from injuries sustained in an altercation last night in south Topeka.

Getting tattooed with the company logo is all the rage at one New York City brokerage firm.

Bangladesh's finance minister downplayed the impact of last week's factory-building collapse on his country's garment industry.