Mother tells of searching for shelter only to be refused entry., before her boys, aged two and four, were swept away.

(CNN) -- A Massachusetts man was sentenced Thursday to 17 years in prison for plotting to attack the U.S. Capitol building and the Pentagon with remote-controlled airplanes loaded with plastic explosives.

(CNN) -- Recchia and other critics are suggesting that marathon runners and race volunteers turn their focus instead to handing out food and water to storm victims.

Former Penn State President Graham Spanier has been charged with several counts in the child rape scandal at the university, including perjury, conspiracy, and endangering the welfare of children.

Private sector hiring jumped in October, according to a report released Thursday by payroll processor ADP.

Supreme Court looks at cases involving drug-sniffing dogs, police searches and the Fourth Amendment

Focus on the Family, the Colorado-based social conservative organization founded by evangelical author and radio host James Dobson, is targeting Iowa voters with a mailing that quotes President Obama as saying "we are no longer a Christian nation."

A new Franklin and Marshall poll shows a close contest for Pennsylvania's 20 electoral votes.

A few months after Congress passed a landmark law directing the federal government to dismantle segregation in the nation's housing, President Nixon's housing chief began plotting a stealth campaign.