Two suspected cases of suicide on the Cornell University campus have officially been confirmed by the Tompkins County chief medical examiner, bringing the total number of suicides for the academic year to six.

President Obama plans to address the House Democratic caucus Saturday to make a final plea for the health care overhaul, a day ahead of an expected House vote.

A snow storm on the first day of spring could drop several inches this weekend over the Midwest, from New Mexico to Missouri, while further north, Minnesota and North Dakota brace for the rising waters of the Red River.

Police in New Jersey have made an arrest in connection with a public address system announcement at a Wal-Mart store telling "all blacks" to leave.

A string of "brazen attempts" to kill members of a gang task force in Riverside, California, has led to a $200,000 reward for information.

A new twist in the Air Force's 10-year effort to build an aerial refueling tanker may bring a bid from a Russian state-owned aerospace company for the $35 billion tanker contract, according to the company's U.S. attorney.

A federal judge said Friday that he will not approve a proposed $657 million settlement for people sickened after working on the World Trade Center site until it is negotiated further.

Anna Nicole Smith's estate is not entitled to $300 million the deceased actress had claimed was intended as a gift from her oil tycoon husband, a federal appeals court ruled Friday.

A murder trial that casts light on racial and ethnic tension on Long Island, New York, entered its second day Friday.

The Red River kept rising to dangerous levels Friday as those in the area hoped they'd done enough to protect themselves.