Posted: 11:49 PM The House has voted to cut food stamps by $2 billion a year.

Posted: 11:43 PM Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Thursday.

Posted: 4:02 PM Political leaders in drug-plagued Kentucky say they're pleased that retailer Urban Outfitters has stopped selling flasks, shot glasses and pint glasses that look like prescription pill bottles.

Updated: 3:00 PM George Zimmer, the ousted founder and executive chairman of Men's Wearhouse, says Wednesday he was dismissed after he and the company's board disagreed about how it should look.

Posted: 11:25 AM Country singer Slim Whitman has died at the age of 90 in Florida.

Updated: 10:53 AM Former investigators of the TWA Flight 800 crash off Long Island are calling on the National Transportation Safety Board to re-examine the case.

Posted: 8:11 AM President Barack Obama says lives have been saved by sweeping surveillance programs run by the National Security Agency.

Posted: 8:03 AM President Barack Obama is refusing to describe the type of military support the U.S. will give to Syrian rebels even as he praises a decision by world leaders at a just-completed summit to seek a negotiated peace.

Posted: 11:47 PM The American Beverage Association says efforts by the mayors of 18 cities to stop food stamps from being used to buy sugary drinks won't make the nation healthier.

Posted: 11:42 PM After initially defying federal regulators, Chrysler now says it will recall some older-model Jeeps with fuel tanks that could rupture and cause fires in rear-end collisions.

Posted: 11:38 PM Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Wednesday.

Posted: 4:08 PM It's a sight that can trigger dread: the low-battery message on your cellphone when there's no charger around.

Updated: 4:13 PM The Education Department is offering states more time to enact promised reforms in exchange for permission to ignore unworkable parts of No Child Left Behind.

Posted: 3:56 PM Medicare begins a major change next month that could save older diabetics money and time when they buy crucial supplies to test their blood sugar.

Posted: 3:47 PM A central Kentucky man says he's the target of a federal hacking investigation tied to an ongoing inquiry into the rape of a teenage girl in Ohio.

Posted: 2:21 PM President Barack Obama, Russian President Vladimir Putin and other G-8 leaders took a united stance on seeking a negotiated Syrian peace settlement.

Posted: 2:17 PM Don't expect to see Dunkin' Donuts revive its famous "Time to make the doughnuts" ad campaign anytime soon.

Posted: 2:14 PM A physics professor who earned a Nobel prize for pioneering work that changed the way physicists think about phase transitions has died in Maine at age 77.

Updated: 10:41 AM Los Angeles police say Justin Bieber struck a pedestrian with his car in Hollywood, but there was no crime and the injuries aren't life-threatening.

Posted: 8:14 AM Kentucky State Police have set up a special email address for tips in the ambush slaying of a young Bardstown police officer.

Updated: 3:58 PM Chrysler says its older model Jeep Grand Cherokees and Libertys are as safe as similar vehicles on the road.

Posted: 7:23 AM The plan says women could start training as Army Rangers by mid-2015 and as Navy SEALs a year later.

Posted: 11:46 PM Sheriff's officials say they have now recorded more than 500 homes leveled by the most destructive wildfire in Colorado history.

Posted: 11:44 PM Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Tuesday.

Updated: 10:50 AM The racial dimension of Trayvon Martin's shooting was a prominent focus of questioning as jury selection in George Zimmerman's trial entered its second week.