Across the East Coast high temperature and humidity are driving up the heat index into the 100 degree range. That's a measure of how hot it feels to your body -- and in Philadelphia, it could feel like a broiling 110 degrees.

(CNN) -- One of the jurors who acquitted George Zimmerman said she had "no doubt" he feared for his life in the final moments of his struggle with Trayvon Martin, and that was the definitive factor in the verdict.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Senators have reached a tentative bipartisan deal to avert the so-called "nuclear option" -- a controversial rules change in the Senate -- sources in both parties told CNN.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- An effort to remove sexual assault cases from the military chain of command received a bipartisan boost Tuesday as conservative Republicans joined the bill's main backer, Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, to voice their support for the measure.

(CNN) -- Lawyers for imprisoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich say in an appeal that his jury wasn't told the difference between bribery and legal political deals.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- In the emotional aftermath of the Trayvon Martin killing last year, Attorney General Eric Holder signaled the unlikelihood of filing federal hate crimes charges against admitted shooter George Zimmerman.

(CNN) -- American intelligence leaker Edward Snowden has more damaging information that could be a "nightmare" for the U.S. government, a journalist who first published his documents said.

(CNN) -- If the George Zimmerman murder trial didn't polarize America enough, the verdict certainly did.

A Texas legislative committee approved a measure Thursday that would place broad new restrictions on abortions in the state, paving the way for the contentious legislation to become law.

Citizens can legally carry firearms in post office parking lots, a federal judge has ruled. The case stems from a lawsuit filed by Tab Bonidy, a resident of rural Avon, Colorado, who was prohibited by U.S. Postal Service regulations from carrying his gun on postal service property.