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Vacationers hustled out of coastal North Carolina ahead of Hurricane Earl, while forecasters predicted the gradually weakening storm would travel next to southern New England.

BP said it has spent around $8 billion in response to the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and expects to resume its relief-well drilling shortly.

Why Woody Allen keeps making films overseas. Plus: a look at the fall films "Easy A," "RED," "Waiting for 'Superman'" and "The Social Network."

A top shareholder in Kabul Bank called on the U.S. to shore up the lender after depositors withdrew about a third of its cash reserves in two days, while the country sought to avert a destabilizing crisis.

A legal battle between Tamir Sapir, a former cab driver who made a fortune in New York real estate, and one of his lenders could turn on the mental state of the billionaire when he signed the loan documents.

House Republicans are hunting for an election-season middle ground on which they can make promises to voters without providing enough details to be attacked by Democrats.

Employers passed health-insurance costs onto employees at a sharply higher rate this year, and businesses' premiums grew more slowly than they have in a decade, according to an annual survey.

The man who steadied a city—and a nation—during the terrorist attacks of 9/11 gives a personal account in National Geographic Channel's "Giuliani's 9/11."

Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, a longtime Texas Congresswoman, repaid from personal funds about $31,000 to the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation after disclosures that she had awarded scholarships meant for needy students to her relatives and those of her staff.

A Texas woman on Thursday became the thirteenth individual to plead guilty to involvement in a wide-ranging bribery and bid-fixing scandal centered at the U.S. Army's Camp Arijan in Kuwait.

The Justice Department filed a civil lawsuit Thursday against Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona's Maricopa County, accusing him and his agency of stonewalling a probe into policing practices that some call discriminatory against Hispanics.

An offshore oil rig owned by Mariner Energy has exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, west of the site of the April blast that caused the massive oil spill.

Gen. Petraeus, the top military commander in Afghanistan, said the U.S. military's effort there has been hampered by a poor understanding of individual tribes and local leaders.

Hillary Rodham Clinton formally opened the first direct peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians in nearly two years, after President Obama pressed the two sides to seize the opportunity.

Policy makers face a daunting task in successfully reshaping financial markets but must succeed to prevent future crises, Fed Chief Ben Bernanke and FDIC Chief Sheila Bair told an investigative panel.

Tropical-storm force winds are expected to reach the North Carolina coast by Thursday afternoon, with hurricane-force winds expected to arrive near North Carolina's Outer Banks tonight, the National Hurricane Center said.

Eroding support for Democrats is roiling dozens of House races and boosting Republican confidence that the GOP will retake the House in November.

The Obama administration designated the Pakistani Taliban a terrorist group and prosecutors filed criminal charges against its leader, legal moves aimed at battling militants blamed for two major plots against the U.S. in recent months.

The U.S. military's Central Command has proposed pumping as much as $1.2 billion over five years into building up Yemen's security forces in a sign of Washington's fears of al Qaeda's growing foothold on the Arabian Peninsula.

The two scientists behind the lawsuit that has temporarily blocked federal funding for embryonic stem-cell research said they were motivated by ethical objections to destroying human embryos for medical research.

Gail Koff, a co-founder of Jacoby & Meyers—which pioneered the advertising of budget legal services on television—died at age 65 from complications during treatment for leukemia, her family said.

With Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski's concession, more than a half-dozen tea party outsiders have won GOP Senate primaries, in part on promises to transform the way a Senate designed for collegiality operates.

The fifth anniversary of the floods sparked diverse feelings in New Orleans. In a city known for culture, most were well expressed through music.

Sonoma County's animal care and control department is in an uproar over the sudden dismissal of its director, the latest flap for an agency that has an outsize importance in a heavily agricultural area.

Alameda County is closing public pools that don't comply with a new state safety law, annoying swimmers during the prime summer season.

The criminal division of the Food and Drug Administration and the Justice Department have joined the probe of the Iowa farm at the heart of the recent egg recall linked to an outbreak of salmonella, the FDA chief said.

A man equipped with what appeared to be an explosive device entered the headquarters of Discovery Networks International and was making demands to police, law-enforcement officials said.

Illegal immigration to the U.S. has slowed sharply since 2007, as the risk of unemployment and the rising cost of border crossings amid increased security have discouraged thousands of potential migrants from heading north.

Barack Obama, speaking alongside Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu, warned militant groups that the U.S. and its allies were undeterred in pushing forward with Middle East peace talks, despite Tuesday's attack on Israeli settlers.

The federal judge who struck down the Obama administration's initial six-month moratorium on deepwater oil-drilling handed the government another setback on Wednesday.