King County's 16-year-old ballot-counting equipment will contribute to a slow statewide count that could leave voters still wondering Tuesday night who the next Washington governor will be.

One teen was killed, and another was wounded Friday night in a shooting near Garfield High School. A 16-year-old male died from wounds suffered...

Two people were shot in Belltown Friday night after an argument in a parking lot. Seattle Police said one man shot another in the groin...

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko refused to participate in a conference in Riga entitled "United and free Europe. 90 years of experience". As a REGNUM correspondent reports, no reasons were specified.It is worth mentioning, the conference is timed to the 90th

Republican Sen. Norm Coleman released a TV ad Saturday accusing his DFL challenger Al Franken of engineering a last minute attack on him and his family.

Warmed by the cheers of thousands, JohnMcCain and Barack Obama plunged through the final weekend of theirmarathon race for the White House.

Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann juggledofficial business and her re-election campaign in St. Cloud onSaturday, while Democrat Elwyn Tinklenberg rallied studentvolunteers across town before heading out to knock on doors.

Democrat Barack Obama got annoyed with the media Friday as he tried to walk down a Chicago street with his 7-year-old daughter, Sasha, who was dressed up in a shiny costume for Halloween.

Christine A. Durbin, the oldest daughter of Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, died Saturday at age 40, according to a spokesman for the Democratic senator.

Police in Florida closed the book Friday on the suicide of the so-called "D.C. Madam," confirming that she hanged herself with a nylon rope instead of facing prison time for running an elite prostitution ring.

John McCain, struggling to hold onto Republican states, asked supporters Saturday to help him keep Virginia from tipping to Barack Obama. The Democrat was moving from west to east in his own final push to Election Day.

While campaigning for Republican presidential candidate John McCain on Wednesday, House Republican leader John Boehner used a vulgar expression to refer to Democrat Barack Obama and his voting record in the Illinois legislature.

On the afternoon of Oct. 15, a body piercer named Michael Mineo was approached by a group of police officers who thought he was smoking marijuana. Mineo fled into a subway station, argued with the officers, and was issued a

Iraq has earmarked some $15 billion -- nearly 25 percent of its 2009 draft budget -- to help rebuild the country's crumbling infrastructure, energy and oil facilities, the finance minister said Saturday.

Four minor earthquakes shook the Dallas-Fort Worth area late Thursday night and Friday morning. But the shaking didn't stop as the day progressed, with two more quakes reported Friday afternoon, along with two smaller aftershocks early Saturday morning. So far,

More John McCain supporters feel glum about the presidential campaign while more of Barck Obama's are charged up over it, according to an Associated Press-Yahoo! News poll released Saturday.

Nearing the end of a bruising campaign, Republican vice presidential candidate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has seen her appeal to her party's conservative base feed speculation about a future national campaign at the same time increasing numbers of others recoil