Winds at the fire site were hitting 30 mph and could gust to 40 mph.

Nation's biggest gun rights group hosts biggest annual meeting in Houston this week.

President Obama begins a weekend foreign policy trip on Thursday.

Group opposes archbishop's call for gay union backers to skip communion.

President Obama arrived in Mexico to talk trade, security and immigration.

Coroner calls shooting "just one of those crazy accidents," says parents are devastated.

But believers can't 'force unwanted intrusive attempts to convert others' in the military

Bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev's body has been released to an unidentified family member.

The Clinton Global Initiative America conference is aimed at addressing economic issues.

A lack of winter rain and snow is making things worse in the Far West.

States in support of gay marriage are "pretty deep-blue, liberal."

Five people have died and two other patients are in critical condition with the new respiratory virus.

The first in-depth study of famine deaths in Somalia in 2011 was released Thursday.

The student who spent four years in an Italian prison opens up about the future.

Throughout history, nations and their leaders have issued demands against their rivals, often drawing 'red lines' or 'lines in the sand.'

Claiming election fraud, candidate who lost to the Hugo Chávez's handpicked successor sues.

Maryland becomes first state south of the Mason-Dixon line to abolish death penalty.

The Pentagon says North Korea appears headed toward its announced goal, which is to be able to strike the U.S. with a nuclear-armed missile.

Protesters threw rocks and bottles at police officers and news crews.

Fire is spreading rapidly because of gusty winds and extremely dry conditions