The Los Angeles Times

Fresh concerns about the troubled housing and mortgage markets were triggered Thursday by speculation that the government will be forced to bail out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the twin...

Gunmen killed at least seven UN peacekeepers in the Darfur region of Sudan, UN officials said Wednesday. The deaths were the first for the force since the world body formally...

U.S. and Turkish investigators worked urgently Wednesday to determine the motive and affiliation of gunmen who attacked the U.S. Consulate here, leaving three Turkish police officers and three assailants dead...

The municipal bond market has had a rough ride in the last six months, but that could mean now is a good time to invest in the sector. For the...

Vice President Dick Cheney's office worked to alter sworn congressional testimony provided by a federal official in order to play down the threat of global warming and head off regulation...

Adults love to fret about the chilling effect of Miley Cyrus' bared shoulders or of Joe Jonas' crucifix-adorned purity ring. But there's also music to consider. No matter how many...

Three months after he discarded his pledge to balance the federal budget in four years, John McCain on Monday renewed his vow to do so, saying his tax and spending...

The massive car bomb that killed more than 40 people outside the Indian Embassy on Monday stoked regional tensions and threatened to erode diminishing confidence in the government of Afghan...

Microsoft Corp. said Monday that it might renew talks to buy Yahoo Inc.'s search technology or the entire company if billionaire financier Carl Icahn succeeds in ousting the Yahoo board...

Bolstered by recent Iraqi military successes, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki proposed on Monday that negotiators include a timetable for the departure of U.S. troops in any agreement to continue the...