One never knows when the Supreme Court will hand down its last, often biggest, opinions of the term. But the justices' summer travel schedules make it a pretty safe bet that blockbuster health care and immigration cases will be decided by the end of June.
Sen. Charles Schumer is urging airlines to allow families with young children to sit together without paying extra.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Sunday defended the Obama administration's plans to wind down the more than decade-long war in Afghanistan, saying the U.S. is on "the right track."
Poll after poll shows public support for same-sex marriage steadily increasing, to the point where it's now a majority viewpoint. Yet in all 32 states where gay marriage has been on the ballot, voters have rejected it.
Subtropical storm Beryl began moving faster toward an expected landfall Sunday night on the Southeast U.S. coast, threatening Memorial Day beachgoers with forecast conditions of dangerous surf and drenching rains from northeast Florida up through a swath of the Carolinas.
Rattlesnake Mountain offers sweeping views of the historic McWhorter Ranch, a pristine property largely unchanged since it was settled in 1903, laced with dry grasses and sagebrush and home to elk and other wildlife.
College once seemed inconceivable for those brought to the U.S. illegally as children, because they lacked a Social Security number and work permit, and didn't qualify for financial aid.
The White House is aggressively pushing the idea that, contrary to widespread belief, President Barack Obama is tightfisted with taxpayer dollars. The problem with that rosy claim is that the Wall Street bailout is part of the calculation.
The City of Crestview Police Department will be participating in the National Campaign for Click-it or Ticket. The campaign will be starting on Monday, May 21, 2012, and ending on Sunday, June 3, 2012.
Nick Fairley, a local football star and NFL player, was arrested early Sunday morning for driving under the influence and attempting to elude police.
This Memorial Day weekend celebrate family, friends, freedom, fun and crawfish! Support downtown Mobile and the Bay Area Food Bank Sunday, May 27, 2012 from 2 p.m. - 7 p.m. by attending the 4th Annual Duel on Dauphin.
The city of Foley is one of seven Alabama communities designated as an "Alabama Community of Excellence". It s a program that is economic and community-driven for cities with populations between 2,000 and 18,000.
The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office is expecting large crowds this year on Coldwater Creek and the Steel Bridge Road areas during the Memorial Day Weekend.
Mobile firefighters quickly responded to and extinguished a house fire located on Garnett Avenue on Saturday afternoon.
There are a number of events going on in the area that will honor the men and women who have served the country on the day named in their honor.
The committee behind the Julien Marx Dog Park will host a Pub Crawl on June 2 in downtown Mobile to raise money for the park.
As Egyptians took part in the country's first free presidential election, residents of one of Cairo's poorest quarters expressed hope that a new leader would help them with a simple request — finding a new home.
The third runner-up in Egypt's presidential race called Saturday for a partial vote recount, citing violations, his spokesman said.
The Vatican confirmed on Saturday that the pope's butler has been arrested in its embarrassing leaks scandal, adding a Hollywood twist to a sordid tale of power struggles, intrigue and corruption in the highest levels of Catholic Church governance.
Syria's opposition is calling on the U.N. Security Council to reassess the world body's responsibility in Syria in light of the latest massacre.
A 5-year-old Mexican boy whose eyes were allegedly gouged out by his mother as part of a drug-fueled ritual "to save the world" is expected to live, but has been left completely blind, health authorities said Friday.
London's Olympic Stadium is ready, with a pristine track, a well-manicured grassy field and rows of gleaming seats to welcome 80,000 fans. But one thing is clearly missing. Where's the cauldron that will hold the Olympic flame?
The U.N. atomic agency has found evidence at an underground bunker in Iran that could mean the country has moved closer to producing the uranium threshold needed to arm nuclear missiles, diplomats said Friday.
A wayward moose gave police in Canada quite a chase Thursday morning.