President Barack Obama said that "America is at a crossroads" in the fight against terror and outlined changes in that policy on Thursday that includes an all-out push to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility in Cuba.

House of Representatives on Thursday voted to switch federal student loan interest rates to a market-based system.

As the Oklahoma chief medical examiner’s office released the names of 16 of the 24 victims of a tornado in Moore, Okla., families and friends remembered the seven children killed at Plaza Towers Elementary School.    

For the foreseeable future, drones will be used more, not less, in military operations.

For over a century, Moore, Okla., has taken a battering in Tornado Alley. Despite the continual destruction, people have stayed put and rebuilt, while others have moved in.    

Clothing-store chain Gap delivered earnings and revenue that beat expectations, an encouraging sign for the retail sector.

Institutional Shareholder Services will pay $300,000 to settle civil charges about sharing nonpublic information.

Parents already on court notice to provide medical care for their children have been charged with third-degree murder in the death of their infant son, Philadelphia authorities announced Wednesday

When he was 6 weeks old, Kaiba Gionfriddo lay flat on a restaurant table, his skin turning blue. He had stopped breathing.

A field trip turned tragic for a group of fourth-graders in Minnesota when gravel drenched by rain gave way, killing two children and injuring two others.

Antonia Lee Candelaria, a 9-year-old victim, is buried two days before her best friend.    

The president says he's concerned that they could have a chilling effect on investigative journalism.

He plans to leave Congress for a position with the University of Alabama system.

Warmer-than-average water temperatures are expected to help yield a few more Atlantic hurricanes than usual this year, forecasters said Thursday.

Demand will fall until supply increases?

The options for people fleeing from tornadoes have grown since Dorothy and Toto failed to make it into the storm shelter, but one of the most basic protections is scarce in Moore, Oklahoma.

McDonald's will add its most caloric item ever to its menu in Japan beginning next week, with the "Street Signs" crew.

Federal weather forecasters say the 2013 hurricane season could be extremely active and spawn up to 20 tropical storms.

"History will cast a harsh judgment," he says.

Maybe Kmart's new ads suggest the retailer is really selling attitude, and that might not a bad thing.