Gruesome photos of a murdered hiker sought by Hustler magazine will not be released, a Georgia judge ruled. Lawmakers now want a permanent fix.

Three strong earthquakes rocked Chile this morning, just as the country was swearing in a new president.

When their kids turn 12, parents are concerned about peers pressuring them to smoke cigarettes, drink and use drugs, but it turns out 12-year-olds are doing something else: getting high on inhalants.

Health care reform takes center stage Thursday as President Obama and top congressional Democrats work behind closed doors to nail down a final agreement.

House Republicans agreed Thursday to adopt a ban on congressional earmarks in spending bills for next year, upping the ante with Democrats in the political battle over fiscal responsibility and pork barrel spending.

Superintendent John Covington called for the closing or consolidation of almost half of the schools in the Kansas City, Missouri, school district.

An Oklahoma elementary school student has died of bacterial meningitis, officials said Thursday, and two other students are hospitalized with the illness.

Iraq's election commission is expected Thursday to announce partial results of last week's vote.

Former football star and television actor Merlin Olsen has died after a long battle with cancer, the St. Louis Rams said Thursday.

Corey Haim seemed to be winning his battle against drug abuse in the weeks before his death, according to both his manager and closest friend.