It was an election night like none other, in every sense of the phrase. In addition to the obvious — the selection of the nation’s first black president — Tuesday night’s coverage on CNN showcased groundbreaking technology.
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Americans set a record for number of votes cast in this presidential election but failed to make history with the percentage of voter turnout, experts said Thursday.
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With record low approval ratings and intense criticism for his handling of the Iraq war, Hurricane Katrina and the economy, the word most used to label George W. Bush’s presidency will be “incompetent,” historians say.
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Oregon Democrat Jeff Merkley declared victory over Republican incumbent Sen. Gordon Smith, moving Democrats one seat closer to a filibuster-proof majority in the U.S. Senate.
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Federal authorities said Thursday they have seized some of an Ohio company’s supplies of contaminated blood thinner containing material from China.
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Jurors on Thursday ended deliberations without making a decision in the capital murder trial of a man accused of escaping from custody and killing four people, three of them at an Atlanta, Georgia, courthouse, more than three years ago.
A tropical storm strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane Thursday in the Caribbean Sea, the National Hurricane Center said.
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Suicide bombers struck two targets in northwest Pakistan on Thursday, including a gathering of tribal leaders, leaving at least 24 dead, according to local officials and state-run media.
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Japan’s Nikkei Index dropped more than 6.6 percent in early trading Friday after a second dismal day in a row on Wall Street.
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Franklin Graham was stumped. He had no idea what to give his father, evangelist Billy Graham, for his 90th birthday Friday.
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