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Tavis Smiley, Cornel West say as the middle class slips into poverty, the needs of the rich are taking priority over those of everyday Americans.

Space shuttle Enterprise will fly past the Statue of Liberty and other landmarks Friday as it heads to its new home at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York City.

Pushing her meal cart into the hospital room, a research assistant hands out tall glasses of reddish-pink liquid, along with a gentle warning: "Remember, you guys have to finish all your Kool-Aid."

Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani refuses to step down following his conviction for contempt by the Supreme Court, saying only parliament can force him out.

A prominent blind Chinese activist made a dramatic escape from house arrest and fled to Beijing, a friend says.

A third man accused in a plot to bomb the New York subway system was committed to carrying out a suicide attack on U.S. soil, federal prosecutors said.

Thousands of Marines will be transferred off Okinawa under an agreement that will reduce the U.S. military footprint in Japan, U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta said.

Zimmerman, the man charged with murder in the shooting of unarmed teen Trayvon Martin, doesn't immediately have to turn over donations from his backers, a judge says.

Fourteen members of Osama bin Laden's family were deported to Saudi Arabia from Pakistan Friday, less than a week ahead of the first anniversary of his death at the hands of U.S. commandos.

On the day one of two suspects in his wife's death was arraigned, a deployed Marine said Thursday he was devastated but wanted to ensure her death was not in vain.

More than a year ago, Steve Carter was browsing online and came across a missing children's website.

For months now, his name has gone hand-in-hand with that of Newt Gingrich.

The lawyer for the neighborhood watch leader who fatally shot unarmed Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Florida, said his client has received about $200,000 from supporters.

Ana Navarro says the GOP candidate can't reverse his immigration positions but can change his tone, focus on economy

The U.S. Senate voted to renew a law designed to combat domestic abuse Thursday after Republicans stepped back from what was becoming a politically risky fight over some of the expansions they oppose to the Violence Against Women Act.

The U.S. Senate voted to renew a law designed to combat domestic abuse Thursday after Republicans stepped back from what was becoming a politically risky fight over some of the expansions they oppose to the Violence Against Women Act.

The general manager for the New Orleans Saints said Thursday he has never listened in on an opposing team's communications, or asked to have the capability.

Three days after a massive earthquake threw Haiti into chaos, Alvana was homeless along with her two children. But her nightmare was just beginning. "I was gang-raped while I was sleeping in the middle of the street," she said. "And I got pregnant."

A federal judge has turned aside calls to publicly release video and photographs of the U.S. military raid and aftermath that left al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden dead.

At least eight people were killed, including one suicide bomber, and dozens were wounded in three bomb blasts in central and northern Nigeria on Thursday, the Red Cross said.