Tropical Storm Andrea is expected to drench the East Coast Friday as its strength weakens. Parts of 13 states are under flash-flood watches.

A New York woman accused of trying to cash in on the Newtown elementary school shootings pleaded guilty Thursday to wire fraud and to lying to FBI agents, federal prosecutors in Connecticut said.

Alex Rodriguez will never be remembered as the greatest slugger in baseball, or as the greatest third-baseman, and -- despite the recent headlines -- probably not even as the biggest cheater.

Jaspen Boothe is committed to helping out homeless female veterans.

San Antonio Spurs snatched Game One of the NBA Finals after a "crazy play" from Tony Parker gave Gregg Popovich's team a 92-88 win away to defending champion Miami Heat.

A medical helicopter crashed in Kentucky, killing all three crew members as they returned to their base after transporting a patient, authorities said Friday.

After years spent fighting in some of the world's worst wars, former U.S. Navy SEAL Kristin Beck says she knows what she wants.

June 7, 2013

In our last show of the school year, we look at some of today's headlines before looking back at major events and global elections from the past year.

A forensic consultant for the defense of a former Kansas police officer accused of killing his wife testified on Thursday that evidence showing the man had gasoline on his pants could have been contaminated.

Esther Williams, whose success as a competitive swimmer propelled her to stardom on the silver screen in the 1940s and 1950s, died Thursday in California, her spokesman said Thursday.

A 6-year-old girl was rescued from a narrow, abandoned well after becoming trapped during a field trip in Lucedale, Mississippi, authorities said Thursday.

The widespread collection of some Americans' phone records, revealed in an explosive report, is nothing new, the head of the Senate Intelligence Committee said.

Heavy rains and 60 mph winds pounded the west coast of south Florida from the Keys to the Tampa area Thursday morning, the National Hurricane Center reported.

Saying Web access is essential for students to compete in a wired world, President Obama on Thursday will announce an initiative to bring high-speed Internet to almost all of the nation's schools by 2018.

A federal judge in Pennsylvania has dismissed Gov. Tom Corbett's antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA over its sanctions against Penn State University following the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal.

A single winner has come forward to claim the nearly $591 million Powerball lottery prize from the May 18 drawing, Florida Lottery officials said Wednesday.

Robb Montgomery talks about what's lost now that the Chicago Sun-Times, a legend in photojournalim, fired its entire photography staff.

The Fort Hood massacre was part of a trend of al Qaeda-inspired attacks on military targets, writes Peter Bergen

The parents of a 10-year-old Pennsylvania girl who is waiting for a lung transplant asked a federal judge Wednesday to order officials to waive a rule that prevents her from getting lungs from an adult.