An oil platform owned by Mariner Energy has exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, about 90 miles from Vermilion Bay in Louisiana.

With legislation stuck in congress, President Obama may issue an executive order to ease the 50-year-old travel ban to Cuba before Labor Day.

Gunman who took hostages inside Discovery TV headquarters was an environmental activist who derided the network for its programming and human beings for polluting the planet.

They're bracelets with a catchy phrase - 'I Love Boobies' - meant to promote breast cancer awareness. But some schools don't think they are appropriate.

FDIC announced that the number of troubled banks rose from 775 in first quarter to 829 in the second. People have pointed to this as a possible sign of a double dip.

On Thursday, leaders from the Middle East will meet in Washington, D.C., to resume peace talks mediated by the United States. But many worry current Israeli-Palestinian tensions will prove too much.

The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing letter grades be added to window stickers on new vehicles to reflect their effect on the environment.

The five year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina sent almost every major media outlet back to New Orleans.

The ad, and others like it, are stoking a continuing debate over whether Americans are growing increasingly Islamophobic.

A Mississippi middle school told a 12-year-old girl she didn't qualify for class office because she wasn't black. The school's controversial election process has since sparked a national conversation on affirmative action.