Victory within reach, President Barack Obama exhorted House Democrats on Saturday to stay true to their party's legacy and make history by bringing health insurance to millions of struggling families now left out.

They passed out cigars in Fargo, N.D., on Saturday, but no matches just yet, as a flood-weary city prepared to celebrate what appears to be a successful defense against the swollen Red River.

A powerful storm blows through Oklahoma and the southern Plains on the first day of spring, bringing heavy snow and strong winds a day after temperatures reached into the 70s.

Thousands of protesters — many directing their anger squarely at President Barack Obama — marched through the nation's capital Saturday to urge immediate withdrawal of troops from Iraq and Afghanistan.

Stewart Udall, who sowed the seeds of the modern environmental movement as secretary of the interior during the 1960s and later became a crusader for victims of radiation exposure from the government's Cold War nuclear programs, died Saturday. He was 90.

A Los Angeles-area sushi restaurant that made international headlines after it was charged with serving endangered whale meat says it will close forever as a "self-imposed punishment."

A single-engine plane and a kit-built aircraft collided in clear, sunny skies Saturday over central Florida, killing three people, authorities said.

A 16-year-old boy who police said made an announcement at Walmart ordering all black people in a southern New Jersey store to leave was charged with harassment and bias intimidation, authorities said Saturday.

A Southern California police department plagued by booby trap attacks against its officers goes on heightened alert following yet another threat.

A woman gardening wearing only a yellow thong and pink gloves has brought neighborhood complaints and new rules from a housing authority in Colorado.

Calif. police have been overwhelmed since they released more than 100 old photos found in a serial killer's storage locker of unidentified girls and women in bell bottoms, bikinis and Farrah Fawcett hair.

The Rapid City, S.D., police chief says that he regrets his department's outing of a lesbian Air Force sergeant led to her discharge, but that his officers followed department protocol.