CLEVELAND – Two women, who helped hide the killer of Twinsburg police officer Josh Miktarian, were sentenced on Wednesday for attempted obstruction or justice. Cuyahoga…

A $9.7 billion bill to pay flood insurance claims from Hurricane Sandy sailed through the House on Friday with an overwhelming bipartisan majority, just two…

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Mud up to their ankles and a steady rain falling on their tents, residents of Haiti’s earthquake camps ignored warnings to leave their makeshift homes as Hurricane Tomas bore down on their deforested and flood-prone nation early Friday. Tomas’ maximum sustained winds were near 80 mph (130 kph) Friday, said the U.S. […]

The Senate on Wednesday cleared the way to provide $10 billion to states and local school districts to prevent teacher layoffs and an additional $16 billion in federal aid to cash-strapped states, and the Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, said she would summon House back from its summer recess to grant final approval to the bill. The […]

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Jan 16 (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday declared one of the largest relief efforts in U.S. history to help Haiti four days after an earthquake killed up to 200,000 people and devastated the Caribbean nation’s capital.

Reporting from Washington – Three presidents from opposing parties stood united outside the White House this morning to signal the launch of an aggressive private fundraising drive for the earthquake-stricken nation of Haiti.