The House of Representatives approved a bill that would ban abortions after 22 weeks of pregnancy in a largely symbolic vote.

The Republican-led House on Tuesday passed a far-reaching anti-abortion bill that conservatives saw as a milestone in their 40-year campaign against legalized abortion and Democrats condemned as yet another example of the GOP war on women.

The decision by the American Medical Association could have implications for health care companies and the pharmaceutical industry.

Senator Claire McCaskill, a Missouri Democrat who backed Barack Obama in 2008, says she is ?Ready for Hillary.?

A long-awaited analysis by the Congressional Budget Office found that the benefits of an increase in legal residents would outweigh the costs.

The animated ?Futurama? begins its final season on Wednesday on Comedy Central.

The automaker and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration resolved their differences, and Chrysler will inspect the cars for possible defects.

The Taliban announced the opening of a political office in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday and said they were prepared to talk, raising hopes for a break in long-stalled peace efforts.

You may know Martha Rose Shulman as the Recipes for Health columnist, but in her kitchen she leads a double life as a ghost-writer of pastry cookbooks.

After years of low morale, unions across the city are roaring back to life this election season, excited by the prospect of installing a friend in City Hall.