State Sen. Deb Fischer won the Republican nomination in Nebraska's Senate race Tuesday, beating odds-on favorite Jon Bruning in a surprise upset. Fischer narrowly edged out the state Attorney General 41 to 36 percent with 91.5 percent of precincts reporting. State Treasurer Don Stenberg received 19 percent and three additional candidates divided the remainder of [...]

A medical report compiled by the family physician of George Zimmerman found that he had a pair of black eyes and several other injuries the day after he fatally shot Trayvon Martin.

Facebook Inc will increase the size of its initial public offering by 25 percent, a source familiar with the matter said, and could raise as much as $16 billion amid strong investor demand for a share of the No.1 social network.

Greece's political leaders meet on Wednesday to form a caretaker government to take it to a second election in just over a month, with its euro membership at stake.

A Chicago man is being sought in the stabbing death of his young bride hours after their marriage — his new wife's body found in a bathtub in the silver sequin cocktail dress she wore at her wedding reception.

N.J. Gov. Chris Christie put on his acting hat in a web video, joking about receiving a call from Mitt Romney about the vice president spot, saying, “I got this.”

The negotiating stance from Iranian officials never varies: The Islamic Republic will not give up its capabilities to make nuclear fuel. But embedded in the messages are meanings that reach beyond Tehran's talks with world powers.

Pakistan and the U.S. appeared on the verge of clinching an agreement to reopen ground supply lines into Afghanistan, a U.S. official said, as Islamabad confirmed its president will attend a NATO summit in Chicago.

Just five days after the great linebacker took his own life, someone broke into Seau's California home, went through cabinets in the garage, and stole a bicycle that belonged to a friend of Seau's.