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United Airlines will offer lie-flat seats on all international long-haul flights from New York.

President Barack Obama holds a press conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, DC on June 8, 2012.

The collapse of a section of the I-5 bridge spanning the Skagit River between Seattle and Vancouver did not cause any fatalities, authorities say, though they plan to send in divers just to be sure.

Charges that an Army sergeant secretly photographed and videotaped women at West Point are part of a military-wide pattern of sexual misconduct, Sen.

The 1970 Alexander Calder sculpture 'Young Woman and Her Suitors' is shown outside the the Detroit Institute of Arts in Detroit, Tuesday, July 10, 2012.

This may be hard to believe in the aftermath of superstorm Sandy, but an annual list of the best beaches in the country has a New York beach ranked No.

A copy of the settlement was obtained Thursday by The Associated Press. It awards a 10-year contract to the Bank of New York and promises to give the bank and its affiliate as much business as possible for a decade.

A man was arrested Wednesday in connection with one of the eight anti-gay attacks that have struck New York in recent weeks.

In the East Room on Wednesday night, Obama is presenting the 71-year-old singer-songwriter with the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song.

Attorney General Eric Holder says four American citizens have been killed in drone strikes since 2009.

New York's Museum of the Moving Image saw its attendance spike when it hosted the travelling exhibit Jim Henson's Fantastic World.

By The Associated Press The U.S. teen birth rate fell 25 percent over five years to a record low of 31 births per 1,000 teens ages 15 to 19, according to a report from the Centers for Disease... By The Associated Press The U.S. teen birth rate fell 25 percent over five years to a record low of 31 births per 1,000 teens ages 15 to 19, according to a ... (more)

Jeff Immelt, Chairman and CEO of General Electric, left. The company is considering spinning off parts of its finance unit through an initial public offering as Immelt works to shrink the business.

In this Aug. 16, 2007 file photo, Police Chief John Martin demonstrates a Taser in Brattleboro, Vt.

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers unveiled a bill on Wednesday that would force the Department of Justice to get a federal court's approval before seizing records from journalists.

The president has a base of loyalists that won't quit and, at least for now, there's no evidence he was involved in any scandals.

What one Bellevue-based gun rights group today suggested is a symptom of an administration "out of control" is expanding almost by the hour as revelations of Obama administration snooping on reporters have grabbed the media's attention and turned journalists, at least temporarily, against a White House many thought to be exempt from their ... (more)

Former "X Factor" U.S. co-host Khloe Kardashian has been warned by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo that a T-shirt in her Rich Soil fashion line may be in violation of copyright law.

The Associated Press in the United States has picked up on a media story from the United Kingdom that blames Dr.

Catherine Zeta-Jones attends the Film Society of Lincoln Center's 40th Annual Chaplin Award Gala honoring Barbra Streisand in New York.