Construction on the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge will take at least six months longer than originally expected as state transportation officials seek more bids on the project to drive down ballooning costs.

Rescuers spread out to search a smoky labyrinth for two coal miners Friday after a conveyor belt caught fire deep underground in the second major mining accident in West Virginia in less than three weeks.

Freedom High School in Oakley was put on lockdown until around 2:50 p.m. following a bank robbery today, according to a spokeswoman for the school.

Holly Hunter, who voiced the role of superhero mom Helen Parr in "The Incredibles," will have maternal experience to draw on if there's a sequel.

Richard Hatch's lawyer said Friday that the "Survivor" winner caught his fellow reality-show contestants cheating, and when he told producers about it they struck a deal: They would pay the taxes on the million-dollar prize if Hatch won.

The proposed South Mountain Freeway could be a pricey proposition. Construction cost figures unveiled at Thursday night's South Mountain Citizens Advisory Team meeting showed that the freeway could cost from $995 million to $1.26 billion to build, depending on where

SCOTTSDALE - It's hard to miss the hood ornament on a 1935 Ford custom hot rod on display at the Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction. At the nose of the car lays the naked likeness of 44-year-old Carole Simons, a mother

More than 250 townhouses may rise on the site of a closed south Tempe golf course. The 25-acre Pepperwood Public Golf Course was built in 1981 but closed in August 2004, after a series of ownership changes and maintenance woes.

A car-to-car shooting near Southern Avenue and 48th Street in Tempe left two people in critical condition Friday afternoon after shots were fired into their vehicle, causing it to crash. In recent weeks there are have been two similar incidents

An east Mesa handyman who killed his wife, her 3-year old son, and three other family members in a December 2002 bloodbath, was sentenced today to five consecutive life sentences by a Maricopa County Superior Court judge. As part of

NEW ORLEANS FEMA today announced states shouldn't cancel apartment leases where hurricane evacuees are living under a federal program. The Federal...

MEXICO CITY A newspaper today reports a man who oversaw the finances of a gang linked to the Juarez Cartel worked more than 15 years for Mexico's central...

BROWNSVILLE, Texas A federal judge in Brownsville today sentenced a Mercedes man to just over 14 years in prison in an investment fraud...

A police officer is accused of sexually assaulting a woman in a remote area. Now he's behind bars and he could lose his job.

Senator Dick Durbin says too many poor seniors and disabled people are having trouble getting their medicine through the new Medicare benefit program.

Is there anything left unsaid about Roe v. Wade, that landmark Supreme Court decision?" asks Frances Kissling at the beginning of her new-and first- podcast for the anniversary of the Supreme Court case that legalized abortion in the United States.

United States Attorney David R. Dugas announced today that a federal grand jury returned indictments against four more Louisiana residents on federal FEMA fraud charges.

I think that's plenty. Eight years is a long time," President George W. Bush's wife told the BBC in an interview, on the anniversary of Bush's second inauguration. A constitutional amendment ratified in 1951 limits U.S. presidents to two terms

D.C. police are searching for the person or persons responsible in the shooting death of a 28-year-old Northeast... D.C. stylist killed Thursday night on her way home from work.

An FDA panel will decide whether the weight loss drug Orlistat, sold as Xenical, should be offered over the counter. But those who might use it need to know about its side-effects and risks.