Abbie Fentress Swanson

Democratic leaders are scrambling to get enough Republican votes to bring a new financial regulatory reform bill to the Senate floor this week.

As flights slowly resume across Europe today, passengers are beginning to get closer to home.

Toyota has agreed to pay a $16.4 million fine for neglecting to promptly report its sticking gas pedals to the U.S. government.

Goldman Sachs' civil fraud suit could mean plenty of trouble down the road for the big bank.

Aviation officials agree to re-open much of Europe's airspace after days of cancelled flights due to giant volcanic ash plume.

Thousands of flights are still grounded in Northern Europe due to ash from an Iceland volcano.

Many patients will now be able to say who can visit them at crucial moments.

Thousands are injured and 300 people have been reported missing.

New data out today shows that a record number of U.S. homes were lost to foreclosure in the first three months of this year. The Associated Press reports that's a sign banks are starting to get through the backlog of troubled home loans faster.

A team of federal investigators is expected to arrive in West Virginia today to figure out what caused the Upper Big Branch coal mine blast that killed 29 men a week ago.

The Vatican made public today its guidelines for bishops and other top clergy who encounter sex abuse in the church: that the clergy report the abuse to the police.

The U.S. and 47 countries will work on a plan to keep nuclear weapons out of the hands of terrorists.

Polish President Lech Kaczynski's plane crashed on Saturday, killing him and 95 others.

Justice John Paul Stevens says he will retire this summer.

Today's stalled expedition is the third retreat for West Virginia's rescue team.

In his 24 hours in Prague, Obama signed a new START treaty and met Czech President Klaus.