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Connecticut's top environmental official says the state will no longer accept being the "tailpipe of America" and has asked the federal government to…

Illinois' DePaul University is among the Catholic schools that have banned the distribution of contraception from its campus health center.

President Obama will also seek an emergency appropriation of more than $2 billion to deal with the surge of Central American immigrants flooding the southern border.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to journalist Harold Isaac in Port-au-Prince about the acting prime minister's request for security after gangs last week massacred at least 70 people in a rural community.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice begins a weeklong visit to Central Asia in Kyrgyzstan. She is seeking assurances that the United States will have access to military bases in the region. Neighboring Uzbekistan has ordered U.S. troops out of a base used for operations in Afghanistan.

More than 100 plaintiffs say their pregnancies stem from a packaging error in which placebo and hormone pills were flipped 180 degrees.

Sen. Hillary Clinton's impressive victory in Kentucky's Democratic primary does not change the math of the delegate race, which Sen. Barack Obama continues to lead. Clinton insists her big wins in Midwestern states make her a stronger candidate for the general election.

More than 200 migrants drowned on Sept. 21 trying to cross the Mediterranean to Europe, in search of better lives. A survivor explains why he risked the journey.

House Democrats met late into the night on Thursday and say they're finally going to pass a $1.85 trillion social spending bill, which now includes work permits for some immigrants.

A judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by the ACLU of Connecticut against the state. The lawsuit called for the release of some incarcerated people and…