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More communities are trying to crack down on fraudulent practices of seers, fortune tellers and other spiritualists

Both Governor Brewer SB1070 defense fund and Sheriff Joe Arpaio's campaign are being supported by a large number of contributions from outside of Arizona

A historic election season has already begun, and our coverage of it will be unrivaled in its scope, depth and insight

Nine weeks before the midterm elections, Barack Obama finds himself on the wrong side of the polls. Where did all that adoration go -- and is a Republican sweep next?

For President Obama's Middle East special envoy, George Mitchell, it has taken 18 months to get the Israelis and the Palestinians to sit down for peace-process talks. Even if they go well, will he finally get credit?

25 years ago, Robert Ballard discovered the most famous shipwreck in all history. TIME takes a look at what has happened since

The candidates for Senator are equally combative, and both are dependent on one group of voters for victory: independents

Yes, high-tech aquaculture like genetically modified salmon sounds spooky, but it might just save the world

In this age of cable TV and the Internet, it makes no sense to obsess over what appears on a few broadcast television stations

Federal courts are wary, but state judges have been introducing reforms to cut down the rate of mistrials

Hurricanes and other tropical storms are given names to make it easy for the public to know which particular storm warnings or news reports to follow. It's especially important in busy hurricane seasons that see multiple storms at the same time

With President Obama's Iraq speech set for Tuesday night, Iraq's fate is far from settled, Afghanistan is going badly and Democrats would prefer that Obama show he's focused on a sagging economy

The scion of one of Louisiana's political dynasties, Landrieu must deal with the diaspora, decay, education and the perpetually vexing issue of race

Ceremonies commemorating the five-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina showed everything that has been absent from the fight over plans to build an Islamic cultural center near Ground Zero in Manhattan was gloriously present along the Gulf coast

The Big Easy has come back, thanks to a better economy, returning tourists and a local resolve not to put up with corruption anymore

Glenn Beck spoke to rally people in Washington, D.C. on Saturday. For those looking on as he spoke before the Lincoln Memorial, where Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke of his dream 47 years ago, it was easy to know how Beck felt.

The end of Don't Ask, Don't Tell could persuade some top schools to allow military training back on campus

If there ever were a story that's not worth the paper it's written on it's the "news" from the New York Times that the CIA is paying corrupt Afghan officials for information.

An urban organic farm is helping to rejuvenate one of the hardest hit areas of the city -- and it is a renewal program that is spreading to other cities

It is taking the blighted New Orleans neighborhood longer than other parts of the city to recover from Hurricane Katrina. But its remaining residents are not ready to abandon it

This weekend, the high prophet of conservative populism will headline a rally he's cast as an "iconic event" that may be remembered as "a new generation's defining moment"

In an interview with TIME, Robert Blagojevich, older brother and co-defendant of the ex-Illinois governor, tells how he found out the feds were dismissing the charges against him

Insurance agents and brokers are among those who may be squeezed out of their jobs when the new health care reforms kick in

Buying a house is supposed to make us better citizens, better investors and better off. But that American Dream may well be a fantasy

Voters hate it. Hardly anyone wants credit for it. But President Obama's $787 billion stimulus is quietly altering the way Americans work, move, innovate and plug in

An outbreak of salmonella has led to the recall of half a billion eggs from two Iowa farms. The state is on eggshells

A controversial ruling could turn America into the sort of totalitarian state imagined by George Orwell

TIME's reporters and photographers have been covering the Hurricane Katrina story since it broke. Here's a list of the stories we've done over the past five years

One New York City Anglican congregation thought the site would have been "strategic" but backed away after it figured out the cost