The quake struck at about 2:40 a.m. local time, six miles northeast of Yucaipa and 20 miles east of San Bernardino, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Kirby, Texas police and state Child Protective Services are investigating the death of Kamryn West who couldn't get out of the car parked in front of her family's apartment on Saturday because the door handles were broken.

Early this year, the FDA issued a Public Health Advisory for parents and caregivers not to give their children below 2 years old OTC cough and cold drugs because of the serious and potentially life-threatening side effects of these medications.

Ifill is set to moderate a 90-minute debate between Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) Thursday night at the Washington University in St. Louis. There are concerns about her role in the forum because she is set

You can talk to me or anybody else at any time in Washington, and they will tell you there is nobody, nobody in the entire United States senate that understands the political, the economic, and the security challenges and opportunities

A new CBS poll said on Thursday that Obama leads McCain nationwide, 50-41 percent. The Democrat's lead is up from a 4-point advantage last week. One in four voters are still undecided.

Judge Emmet Sullivan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia set a hearing for Thursday at 4:30 pm ET to hear arguments about the whether the the seven-count indictment against Stevens should be dismissed.

The bill, passed by a 74-25 vote in the Senate Wednesday night, has undergone significant additions, including a provision extending tax breaks that may change the minds of some House Democrats that voted for the bill earlier this week.

Peters' acting career spanned 1935-1967.

Palin, who recently faced conservative criticism about her qualifications as potential commander-in-chief, will meet Biden in a 90-minute forum at the Washington University in St. Louis. Observers say her interviews with CBS and other outlets in the past week have

The Supreme Court yesterday declined to revisit its June decision that imposing the death penalty on child-rapists is unconstitutional, although two justices said they would have reopened the case and two others sharply criticized the majority.

MOSCOW, Oct. 1 -- Russia's Supreme Court on Wednesday recognized the nation's last czar, Nicholas II, and his family as victims of "groundless repression," formally rehabilitating the Romanovs more than 90 years after their execution in a basement in the

At least 10 victims of the 2007 Horn of Africa rendition program still languish in Ethiopian jails and the whereabouts of several others is unknown, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Several of the detained men were

Some of the people arrested in Kenya last year and held in Ethiopian jails are missing, a global human rights watchdog has claimed.

Kansanga Miracle Centre Senior Pastor Isaac Kiwewesi, yesterday denied sodomy allegations brought against him by former employee David Arinaitwe, even as Police said they were continuing with investigations into the matter.

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), yesterday said President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua can not stop former Delta State Governor, James Ibori and other ex-governors from being prosecuted.

Three people were on Monday killed in Kaabong, in a fresh Karimojong inter-ethnic cattle raid involving armed Jie and Dodoth warriors.

More than Sh123 million of the Constituency Development Fund given to six constituencies cannot be accounted for.

The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has arrested two suspected victims of human trafficking, Faith Osadebamwen and Promise Alfred at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) on their way to Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire.

City Businessman Justus Kashoma, who was arrested last Thursday for orchestrating the attempted fraud at Stanbic Bank, Garden City branch, was yesterday charged with aggravated robbery and sent to Luzira Prison.