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Santa Monica College officials in California have launched an investigation into a raucous student protest at a board of trustees meeting in which campus police used pepper spray on demonstrators, sending three of them to a hospital, the college president said Wednesday.

The latest photos of notorious killer Charles Manson have been released by the California Department of Corrections, one week before his next parole hearing.

Lawmakers in Connecticut are grappling with a bill that would do away with the death penalty and make their state the fifth in five years to abolish capital punishment.

Whitney Houston drowned face down in a tub of "extremely hot water" about 12 inches deep, the final autopsy report on the singer's death said.

Matt Welch says the surprise isn't that a federal agency was "busted" for its $822,000 Las Vegas junket, it's that taxpayers haven't figured out that the government has been on a spending binge for years

The Justice Department is scrambling to meet a federal court's Thursday deadline to answer fundamental constitutional questions about the health care law championed by President Obama, an escalating political battle that has embroiled all three branches of government.

Five former New Orleans police officers are sentenced to prison terms ranging from six to 65 years for killing or seriously injuring unarmed civilians in the chaotic aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

Mitt Romney raises questions about what the president's intentions are for the American people should he be re-elected.

President Barack Obama signed legislation on Wednesday aimed at restoring Americans' faith in the nation's public institutions at a time they rank at record lows in opinion polls. The act bans insider trading by members of Congress and many executive branch employees.

President Obama, while signing the STOCK Act, said there is more that needs to be done to close the deficit of trust.

The chairman of America's most prestigious golf club skirted the prickly issue of women's membership in Augusta National, saying it's a private matter.

President Barack Obama signed legislation on Wednesday aimed at restoring Americans' faith in the nation's public institutions at a time they rank at record lows in opinion polls. The act bans insider trading by members of Congress and many executive branch employees.

Atlanta police have launched an internal investigation into filmmaker Tyler Perry's claim he was racially profiled by two white officers who pulled his car over, the police department said.

Mitt Romney, fresh off a three-primary sweep that put him more than halfway to the delegate number needed for the Republican presidential nomination, gets the chance Wednesday to answer President Barack Obama's harsh attacks the day before against Republican ideology.

The United States on Wednesday announced charges against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the accused mastermind of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, and four others accused of involvement in the plot.

Tim Horton was 20 years old and on his first deployment in Iraq with the Marine Corps when a bomb exploded under the Humvee he was driving. It was February 5, 2005.

John Avlon: It's tough to get quality people to run for office these days, especially when it's more lucrative and fun to be a TV star.

While Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich can sustain their bare-bones insurgent campaigns long enough to fight through the spring, GOP frontrunner Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama have already moved on to the next battlefield.

Fresh off a three-primary sweep that bolstered the perception he is the inevitable GOP presidential nominee, Mitt Romney on Wednesday blasted President Obama for running what he called a "hide-and-seek" campaign that lacked candor.

Speaking at a White House prayer breakfast, the president says that the prayers he receives are especially meaningful.