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U.S. Marine Cpl. Mario Ramos-Villalta put on his freshly pressed uniform early Thursday as a citizen of El Salvador. By the end of the day, he would be a citizen of the United States of America.

Family says it was her dying wish to see her father.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Consumer confidence fell further into recessionary territory in March, hitting a 16-year low, even as other data showed incomes rose and inflation dipped in February, which should support the Fed's efforts to bolster the economy.

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The government is fighting off challenges in several major terrorism cases and a raft of prisoners' legal claims that it may have destroyed evidence.

Zimbabwe's security forces are on full alert in advance of elections Saturday in the troubled southern African nation of Zimbabwe where authoritian rule by President Robert Mugabe, 84, is facing its toughest challenge yet.

A San Francisco man beaten to death during an apparent robbery attempt in the city's South of Market area was identified by the medical examiner's office today as 71-year-old Rodolfo Carreon. Carreon was attacked at 1:39 a.m. Thursday on Mission Street east...

Sen. Patrick Leahy is suggesting that Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham clinton abandon her White House run. The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and six-term Vermont lawmaker said there is no way that Clinton is going to win enough...

A single-engine plane carrying five people has crashed while travelling from Edmonton to Winnipeg.

President calls the situation in iraq "dangerous and fragile."