Matthew Sollars

J.D. Salinger, the author whose ground-breaking novel, "The Catcher in the Rye," is perhaps the most famous American literary work of the 20th Century, has died.

President Barack Obama continued to champion Ben Bernanke as the person to help fix the economy as the chairman of the Federal Reserve.

Fresh moments of hope emerged in Haiti on Friday, as two survivors were pulled from the rubble 10 days after an earthquake ravaged the country.

A Presidential task force says 47 detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp should be held indefinitely, without standing trial.

Gov. David Paterson says despite growing calls for him to not seek a full term he’s staying in the race.

President Barack Obama has proposed sweeping new regulations for banks, saying they will help prevent a repeat of the financial crisis.

The Supreme Court has ruled that government cannot restrict political contributions by corporations, overturning key campaign finance provisions.

The nation's intelligence chief accepted blame for the government's mistakes in failing to prevent the Christmas Day airline bombing attempt.

Democrats are signaling that they'll scale back President Obama's health care overhaul, in hopes of getting at least part of it approved.

The New York Times has announced that it will start charging readers for unfettered access to its website starting in early 2011.

A lone gunman suspected of killing eight people before disappearing into dense Virginia woods and firing on a police helicopter surrendered peacefully at sunrise today, ending an overnight hunt by dozens of law enforcement officers.

The head of the city's teachers union says his members are not to blame for Albany's failure to pass a bill that could have helped the state win $700 million in federal aid.

The Cleveland Orchestra strike is officially over after the musician's union approved a new labor agreement on Tuesday.

Governor David Paterson presented a state budget plan that would boost taxes and fees and slash spending on hospitals, nursing homes, and schools.

Medicine, food and water is slowly reaching survivors of last week's devastating earthquake in Haiti, but bottlenecks are preventing supplies from reaching all those who need help and the help that is getting through is still far from enough.

Mehmet Ali Agca, the man who tried to assassinate Pope John Paul II in 1981, has been set free from prison in Turkey.

It's been five days since the massive earthquake struck Haiti, and the race is on to free those still trapped beneath the rubble.

President Obama is throwing himself into the surprisingly close race to fill Ted Kennedy's Massachusetts Senate seat.

Gov. David Paterson is proposing a four-year moratorium on so-called unfunded mandates.