Jill Duggar and husband Derick Dillard are offering refunds to supporters who contributed to their reputed missionary work in Central America following questions surrounding the endeavor, InTouch Weekly reported. The donation page for their...

The U.S. House and Senate are “very close” to reaching bipartisan agreement to extend the Dec. 31 federal deadline for passenger and freight railroads to implement new safety technology for avoiding major accidents, an aide said on...

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump once again provoked a tit-for-tat row on Friday by saying former president George W. Bush must share some of the blame for the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Trump, who has made no secret of his dislike...

A long-time Atlanta-area radio host is in hot water for apparently airing a falsified interview with GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump. Steve McCoy has been fired from his job as radio host for NewsRadio 106.7, 11Alive Atlanta reports. The...

An Ohio rabbi has been sentenced to 22 years in prison after pleading guilty in Maryland to sexually abusing an underage girl, court documents showed. Rabbi Frederick Karp, 51, of Beachwood, Ohio, was sentenced by a Baltimore County Circuit...

An Ohio man was being held on suspicion that he killed a woman whose beaten body was found hanging from a fence in what neighbors and workers first thought might be a graphic Halloween display, authorities said on Friday. Donnie Cochenour was...

An Arizona woman who sued a Tucson community college claiming she was suspended for complaining about students speaking Spanish in class has been ordered to pay the school over $100,000 in court costs after a jury found she had been verbally...

In what may be close to the most over-the-top claims made by Republicans about potential Democratic rival Bernie Sanders, Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) said Sanders’ election could lead to “mass genocide.” Sanders is a self-proclaimed...

Putting a bit more distance  between himself and longtime boosters, the Duggar family, struggling GOP presidential candidate Mike Huckabee said  that, as far as he knew, 18 of the 19 kids have turned out “pretty darn well” — so...

Turmoil swirled again on Friday around the Republican-controlled Benghazi committee in the U.S. House of Representatives as it began questioning a senior aide to Hillary Clinton. Huma Abedin, a close confidante for years of the Democratic...

We would all like to be able to believe stories and events that we have heard throughout our life. Regardless of where we acquire them, no one likes to feel as though they need to fact check. In history as well as other disciplines, the need to...

Oklahoma reached a deal with three death row inmates on Friday to put their executions on hold until well into 2016 or even longer to investigate problems with death chamber protocols after the wrong drug was provided last month for use in one...

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Friday urged Congress to rein in Medicare cost increases next year, expected to hit millions on the government health insurance program even as Social Security benefits stagnate. Medicare...

A Maryland woman and two teenagers have been charged with first-degree murder in an alleged double slaying triggered by a love triangle gone bad, police said on Friday. Ann Anastasi, 42, of Lothian, Maryland, was arrested on Thursday and charged...

A deputy sheriff in San Bernardino County, California got caught on video repeatedly punching a helpless suspect after a high-speed chase in Southern California on Thursday. Huffington Post reported that officers had pursued a burglary suspect...