Partners in History: Danbury TAH Grant

The fossil skeleton known as Ardi has now drawn critics who dispute claims that the species lived in dense woodlands or that it is a member of the human lineage.

President Obama holds a White House briefing on the government's latest efforts to contain the Gulf oil spill, and to announce shifts in offshore drilling policies.

President Obama will announce the decision on drilling new deepwater wells on Thursday, as the head of the agency that oversees offshore drilling departed under pressure.

Days before the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, BP officials chose a type of casing that it knew was the riskier of two options, a BP document showed.

It may not be known for several days whether an ambitious attempt to stop the flow of oil by injecting heavy drilling fluids has succeeded, BP said.

Will the BP disaster shape popular views of the president's competency?

After resistance to development from property owners, reforms are working their way through the bureaucracy.

Hospitalists have increasingly taken over patient care in hospitals and are credited with reducing costs.

As regulators focused on one virulent strain of E. Coli, six others are emerging as a serious threat to food safety.

To imagine what a 2014 winter Super Bowl might look like, think Dec. 23, 1995, when a game became a giant snowball fight.

Voters will decide on June 8 if they want to replace the primary system with one involving two rounds of voting.

Mayor Robert J. Duffy, the running mate of Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo, is best known for his effort to assert mayoral control over schools in Rochester.

“Larry King Live,” far behind Rachel Maddow and Sean Hannity, is the last trace of a previous age of cable TV.

North Korea announced Thursday that it will “competely nullify” an accord aimed at preventing accidental naval clashes with South Korea.

An independent panel drew its conclusions after analyzing the killings of 26 officers by colleagues that had occurred nationwide over the past 30 years.

Now that Lori Berenson has been granted parole after 14 years in a Peruvian prison on terrorism charges, both she and the nation that imprisoned her have changed.

America chose Lee DeWyze over Crystal Bowersox, and Simon Cowell said goodbye to the show, which will go on without him.

Congress will try to learn why bits of metal and other impurities were found in drugs made by two companies.

President Obama has confounded allies who say he is squandering his chance to address illegal immigration.

America chooses between Lee DeWyze and Crystal Bowersox, and Simon Cowell says goodbye to the show.