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The background check in the Senate Democrats’ gun control bill reportedly may exclude transactions between family members.

General Electric, headed by Jeffrey Immelt, chief of the White House jobs council, is cutting the positions at a locomotive plant.

Senators said they were near a deal on background checks, while Reid is planning a showdown vote for Thursday.

As two senators -- one Democrat and one Republican -- work on a background check compromise, more conservative Republicans join a gun control filibuster.

Brood II will release billions of cicadas that have spent 17 years underground along the East Coast of the U.S.

An Illinois woman killed in Afghanistan Saturday is the first U.S. diplomat to die in the line of duty since Benghazi.

The actor has to finish out the remaining four months of his sentence under house arrest.

Actress Melissa Joan Hart has been named the latest spokesperson for Nutrisystem, according to Tuesday press release.

Avery Molek, a 6-year-old drumming prodigy, has become a YouTube star.

New York City doctor Hector Castro stands accused of running a $10 million oxycodone trafficking ring, which distributed over 500,000 pills.

The high court unanimously ruled the U.S. government can be sued for federal prison guard actions. Does that include sexual assault?

A Pennsylvania man is charged with reckless endangerment after he allegedly shot a deer in a Wal-Mart parking lot.

Fox News and Bill O'Reilly are hoping for a ratings boost with the War on Easter, but will it be as successful as the War on Christmas?

The S.S. United States was the fastest ship of its time and the crown of 20th Century American maritime, but it could be scrapped.

A Pennsylvania man shot and killed his two-year-old son, injured his estranged wife and then committed suicide.

An interview with Jerry Sandusky will air on "Today" on Monday.

An attorney in Ohio wants a famous Pennsylvania groundhog to receive the death penalty for incorrectly predicting an early spring.

Meet Donald Trump's 19-year-old daughter, Tiffany, a college student who, despite her famous name, was raised out of the spotlight in California by her mother, Marla Maples, and is an aspiring pop star.

The checks have overwhelming support, but do gun owners -- and voters -- care enough about them to convince U.S. lawmakers?

The identities of seven Marines who were killed in a military accident Monday in Nevada have been released.

A Pennsylvania prison guard was "trying to get rid of his wedding ring" and decided to "shoot it off" while arguing with his wife at their home on March 2.