B.J. Williams

Bess Myerson, the first Jewish Miss America and a New York political force until a series of scandals dubbed the "Bess Mess" forced her into obscurity, has died. She was 90.

Confident in the economy and cheered by cheap gas, Americans are likely to push new car sales to their highest level in a decade this year.

The ongoing slump in the price of oil is starting to become a headache for the stock market.

The new Republican-led Congress convenes Tuesday with GOP leaders eager to get President Barack Obama's signature on some bills and to confront him with others.

The flu is rampant in most of the country, and health officials say the season could peak soon.

Lesbian and gay couples were married in Miami on Monday by the same judge who said she saw no reason why they couldn't immediately get their licenses ahead of Florida's coming-out party as the nation's 36th state where same-sex marriages are legal statewide.

The wife of a Georgia police chief who told a 911 dispatcher that he accidentally shot her was improving at a hospital Monday, according to officials who hope she can be interviewed soon.

An assistant fire chief in rural Georgia says a tornado swept through the area and destroyed a mobile home Sunday, injuring two people inside.

Hall County authorities said they will continue to monitor the cell phone and checking account of a missing Hall County man, but they will forego any more ground searches.

DeKalb County school officials say a newly-elected school board member is refusing to submit to a fingerprint and background check the district does on board members, employees and volunteers.