WASHINGTON (AP) âÄî Alexander Collins has two homes: a new one in the U.S. where he wants to stay and one in Africa he wants to leave for good. Collins, 34, has lived in St. Paul, Minn. on a series...

WASHINGTON (AP) âÄî Scientists have the first evidence that life-threatening peanut allergies may be cured one day. A few kids now are allergy-free thanks to a scary treatment âÄî tiny...

America's detention system for immigrants has mushroomed in the last decade, a costly building boom that was supposed to sweep up criminals and ensure that undocumented immigrants were quickly shown the...

WASHINGTON (AP) âÄî America's recession "probably" will end this year if the government succeeds in bolstering the banking system, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Sunday in a rare television...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) âÄî Space shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven rocketed into orbit Sunday evening, setting off on a space station construction mission cut short by launch delays that...