President Barack Obama said in an interview Thursday that the Quran-burning plan by a Florida pastor was "destructive" and a "recruitment bonanza for al-Qaida."

President Barack Obama said in an interview Thursday that the Quran-burning plan by a Florida pastor was "destructive" and a "recruitment bonanza for al-Qaida."

The imam behind a proposed Islamic community center and mosque near ground zero cautioned Wednesday that moving the facility could endanger national security.

The leaking oil well is capped, the oil is degrading and the coast is clear for fishermen to resume commercial operations, but fishermen on the Gulf coast are eyeing the economic tides and worrying.

As thousands of residents took in the news that at least 135 homes were destroyed by the wildfire outside Boulder, forecasters had more bad news Thursday: a hot, windy day is likely.

President Barack Obama says his chief of staff would be a terrific Chicago mayor, but he expects Rahm Emanuel to hold off on deciding whether to enter the race until after the midterm elections.

An angry crowd greeted LAPD Chief Charlie Beck with boos, whistles and chants of "Justicia!" Wednesday night at a meeting after a fatal police shooting of an immigrant.

Handing a victory to the Obama administration, a sharply divided federal appeals court dismisses a lawsuit involving the CIA's secret program to imprison suspects abroad.

For the second time in about 18 hours, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has condemned a Florida pastor's plan to burn copies of the Koran on the anniversary of 9/11.

The group of Muslims planning to build a 13-story Islamic center and mosque near ground zero appears plagued by divisions that raise questions about the future of the project.

New York City should throw a ticker tape parade up the "Canyon of Heroes" for the U.S. troops coming home from Iraq, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn said Wednesday.

The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan tells NBC News that a Florida churchs plan to burn the Quran would fuel anti-U.S. hatred rivaling the backlash against the U.S. abuses at Iraqs Abu Ghraib prison.

California's highest court on Wednesday refused to order Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the state's attorney general to appeal a federal ruling that overturned the state's gay marriage ban.

The slow moving remnants of Tropical Storm Hermine caused water rescues, evacuations and commuting headaches in central Texas, just as a new tropical storm formed in the deep Atlantic.

The father of a U.S. soldier serving in Afghanistan tells The Associated Press he tried to warn the Army that troops in his son's unit had killed civilians.