Arizona and Fremont, Neb., are at the forefront of the movement by governments to get tough with illegal immigrants. But they are learning that passing a law is far from enough.
Parts of Arizona's controversial immigration law went into effect Thursday, after a judge blocked the heart of the measure, defusing a confrontation between police and activists.
The personal details of 100 million Facebook users have been collected and published online in a downloadable file, meaning they will no longer be able to make the information private.
The government's point man for the Gulf spill plans to meet with coastal parish officials Thursday to talk about what's next now that the oil has stopped flowing.
A woman who was attacked by a bear in the middle of the night at a busy campground was bitten on her arm and leg before she instinctively played dead so the animal would leave her alone, she said Thursday.
A package addressed from "Grandpa Henderson" in San Diego to "Grandma Henderson" in Talladega, Ala., wasn't ordinary mail, and it wasn't picked up by any grandmother.
A senior U.S. military official and Afghan officials say the body of a second U.S. sailor who went missing in a dangerous part of eastern Afghanistan has been recovered.
After welcome signs of growth in housing earlier this year, home sales appear to be wilting again in the summer heat. Home prices in many parts of the country have yet to hit bottom.
At least one police officer and two suspects were killed Wednesday when a gunbattle erupted during an undercover drug operation in Phoenix, police said.
A former money manager pleaded guilty Wednesday to securities fraud, admitting that he cheated charities, schools, pension funds and others out of at least $331 million.
Hundreds of firefighters gained ground against the most destructive of two big wildfires that have burned homes and forced 2,300 people to evacuate rural areas north of Los Angeles.
The U.S. economic recovery will remain slow deep into next year, held back by shoppers not spending and employers not hiring, according to an AP survey of leading economists.
Furloughs are coming back. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger proclaimed a state of emergency over California's financial situation and issued an executive order today forcing thousands of state workers to take three furlough days a month.
The fatal shooting of an ornery cow at the California State Fair has led to a call for a complete review of handling procedures for all animals intended for public exhibition at the annual event.
USA Basketball trimmed its roster of candidates for the world championships to 15 on Wednesday, cutting Rookie of the Year Tyreke Evans, O.J. Mayo and Gerald Wallace.
A man with a concealed combat knife was arrested on suspicion of stalking a woman, who used her cell phone to call police for help while walking in Sacramento, authorities say.
