Former Vice President Al Gore won't be​ prosecuted over allegations by a masseuse that he​ groped and assaulted her in his Portland hotel​ room in 2...

TOKYO (Reuters) - A local court ordered the​ Japanese government on Thursday to compensate​ residents living near a U.S. airbase on the​ southern Okinawa...

The Massachusetts senator told his state's​ tax collector Tuesday that he would​ "promptly" pay all the taxes due on his​ new $7 million y...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Anticipating California​ voters will back a November ballot measure to​ legalize casual marijuana use, officials in​ Oakland ha...

Critics of a bill that seeks to protect the​ landscape of New Mexico's Organ Mountains can​ rest easy, lawmakers and federal officials say,​ insisti...

ZURICH (Reuters) - The United States, which​ targeted Swiss bank giant UBS in a damaging tax​ fraud probe last year, is not planning to carry​ out new ta...

Oakland's decision this week to approve a​ plan to sanction the cultivation of pot has set​ the stage for a battle between small and​ medium-sized m...

The eruption of new controversy over the release​ last August of a Libyan man convicted in the Pan​ Am Flight 103 bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland, is​ a...

The CIA hired one of its most experienced spies​ out of retirement to run the nation's​ far-flung intelligence network, the agency said​ Wednesday.&...