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There have been "credible sightings" recently of a California woman who vanished nearly a year ago after being released from a sheriff's station, authorities said Wednesday.

The man overseeing the federal response to the Gulf oil disaster will meet New Orleans parish presidents Thursday to outline the plans after the well is permanently sealed.

A picturesque New York town is all abuzz and ready for its closeup as the countdown to Chelsea Clinton's wedding starts.

A senate subcommittee hearing is scheduled Thursday to examine the mismanagement of Arlington Cemetery, one of the nation's most hallowed burial places for its war dead.

An Air Force C-17 cargo plane crashed on a local training mission near the Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska on Wednesday, a captain at the base told CNN.

California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declares a fiscal state of emergency, putting pressure on lawmakers to pass a budget.

Arizona says it will appeal against a federal court's decision to block parts of an anti-immigration law hours before it came into effect.

Amateur video captures footage of a mother bear saving her cub from a fishing net in Anchorage, Alaska.

US talk show The View interviews US President Barack Obama, the first sitting US president to appear on any daytime chat show.

How New Mexico's approach to immigration differs to Arizona